Harvard Club of Southern California

Book Talk: Every Other Weekend by Anthony J. Mohr

Join us for a book talk with author Anthony J. Mohr in Beverly Hills. A light lunch will be provided, hosted by Ervin Cohen & Jessup. Lunch will be served from 12-12:30, and the talk will begin promptly at 12:30. There is no charge for members for this event, but it is limited to 35 people. 

Monday, December 15, 2025 @ 12:00-1:30pm
Ervin Cohen & Jessup, 9401 Wilshire Blvd, 12th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212

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Please note that registration by December 11 at 12 PM is required, and no walk-ins will be accepted. This location is a law firm office, and names must be registered with security before the event.

Cost: $0, members; $20, nonmembers
Contact: Pooja Nair, pnair@ecjlaw.com
Parking: Public parking can be accessed at 242 N. Beverly Drive / 241 N. Cañon Drive. First two hours free. Thereafter, $3 per 1/2 hour.
 

About the Book:
Anthony’s father, Gerald Mohr, is a well-known radio actor before slipping to the Hollywood B-list thanks to the advent of television. Accepting the lead in a dying Swedish TV series, he falls for the script girl and divorces Mohr’s mother, who goes on to meet and marry another divorced person, credit card industry pioneer Stanley Dashew. As his stepfather’s career rises and his biological father’s eases downward, Anthony tries to find his place. One weekend he’s sailing on his stepfather’s fifty-eight-foot catamaran; the next, his Swedish stepmother tells him that they’re poor. Coming of age in a time when divorce is rare and viewed as shocking, Anthony lives at the edges of what others regard as a dream world, a place where reality and fantasy blend, maps lead to the homes of the stars, and obstacles abound. 

About the Author:
Anthony J. Mohr served for twenty-six years as a judge on the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. On two occasions, he sat as a judge pro tem on the California Court of Appeal. In January 2021, he became a fellow at the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University and is now a senior managing editor of the Harvard ALI Social Impact Review. His short stories and essays have received six Pushcart Prize nominations, and his debut memoir, Every Other Weekend -- Coming of Age With Two Different Dads, has won several awards. He is on the staffs of two literary journals, Hippocampus Magazine and Under the Sun.

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