NEWS RELEASE
JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA
February 15, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FORMER GOVERNOR'S DAUGHTER TO DISCUSS BOOK AT EAST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY
JEFFERSON, LA – Victoria Edwards, the second-oldest child of Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards, will discuss her book, The Life and Times of a Governor’s Daughter, at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 14, 2024 at the East Bank Regional Library (4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, LA 70001).
This event is free of charge and open to the public. There is no registration.
Now 71, the former model, actress and high school teacher said she felt motivated to tell her story. Looking back, Edwards said she finally understood why she had such a rocky relationship with her father. One, because they were so much alike, and two, because she was bipolar, a diagnosis she didn’t receive until her 40s. She said their relationship was mended before he passed away.
“Because I did appreciate him finally, I never really understood after 2013 that he absolutely had my back on everything,” said Edwards.
For more information regarding this presentation, contact Chris Smith, Manager of Adult Programming for the library, at 504-889-8143 or wcsmith@jefferson.lib.la.us.
The Jefferson Parish Library system consists of 16 locations that stretch from the Lakeshore Branch on the edge of Lake Pontchartrain to the Grand Isle Branch just steps away from the Gulf of Mexico. The library system consists of two large regional libraries and seven branches on each side of the Mississippi River. The East Bank Regional Library serves as library headquarters. More than 200 employees work for the Jefferson Parish Library including librarians, administration and support staff. For more information, contact the library at (504) 838-1100 or www.jefferson.lib.la.us.
For more information about Jefferson Parish, visit www.JeffParish.net. Residents can also receive regular updates by following the Parish on social media (@JeffParishGov) or by texting JPALERT or JPNOTICIAS to 888-777.
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