Brookline Resident Dr. Thomas Cottle to Speak About His Book 'When the Music Stopped, Discovering my Mother' at MSPP on November 5

Brookline Resident Dr. Thomas Cottle to Speak About His Book 'When the Music Stopped, Discovering my Mother' at MSPP on November 5

WEST ROXBURY, Mass., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Concert pianist Gitta Gradova, one of the most gifted musicians of the 20th century, gave up her career for motherhood. Her son, Brookline's Dr. Thomas Cottle writes of this remarkable musician and woman, in "When the Music Stopped, Discovering my Mother," taking his reader on a journey through a childhood filled with visits from the greatest classical music luminaries of the day and his struggle to understand his mother.

Cottle will talk about this fascinating book and his exploration of the mother-son relationship at a luncheon at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology on Sunday, November 5. The public and press are invited to attend.

What: Meet The Author Luncheon, Sponsored by the Massachusetts School of
Professional Psychology Pioneers

When: Sunday, November 5, 2006, 12:00 - 2:00 pm

Where: MSPP, 221 Rivermoor Street, Boston, MA 02132

How: Lunch to be followed by Dr. Cottle's presentation

In addition to talking specifically about the book and his personal experiences, Cottle will also offer his insights about the broader issues associated with individual relationships that we all experience with parents and other significant adults who shape our lives.

"This is more than a profoundly moving tribute of a son to his mother. It is a bittersweet portrait of the conflict in the life of an artist, of a debt to her public as against a bond to her family. I was knocked out," says Studs Terkel of the book.

A sociologist and licensed clinical psychologist and a professor at Boston University, Cottle has written over 30 books, published in several languages, and more than five hundred essays and reviews. Cottle has appeared on every major television and radio news program and had several of his own, including NBC's The Tom Cottle Show and PBS Tom Cottle Up Close.

To learn more or to register for the $35 dollar lunch, please call 617-327-6777, ext 281 or email Katie Phalan at Kphalan@mspp.edu.

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Source: Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology

CONTACT: Patti Jacobs of MSPP, +1-617-868-0077, pjacobs12@comcast.net

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