In some ways it was Mother’s Day in the Post Oak Hotel ballroom as Emmy and Grammy Award winning talent Harry Connick Jr. shared the story of his mother’s life and her influence on his career with the 750 people who turned out in support of the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation’s Ladies for Literacy Guild’s 11th annual Power of Literacy Luncheon.
His memoir of the all too brief life of Anita-Francis Livingston Connick, Babe Elaboratio — A Tribute to My Mother, was published in late September. She died of ovarian cancer at age 55 when Connick was just 13 years old.
The celebrated entertainer was interviewed on stage by Houston Public Media host Ernie Manouse who deftly guided Connick through the telling discussion…