Anthony Mohr
Your Pitch
Guest/ Interview: October is Family History Month and upcoming Nonfiction November!
November is Family Stories Month and Life writing month, (3) is Love Your Lawyer Day, (6) is National Nonfiction Day, (21) is World Television Day
December is Read A New Book Month
Anthony Mohr knew his childhood and adolescence were different from most other kids his age. His days were littered with celebrities and parties; living abroad for Hollywood film and TV shoots; even appearances in TV episodes, all courtesy of his radio and screen actor dad Gerald Mohr. After Gerald Mohr left his family for another woman, and his mother later married accomplished businessman Stanley Dashew, Anthony found himself navigating a different journey – one of a blended family during a time when divorce was rare and considered shocking.
Mohr’s memoir Every Other Weekend: Coming of Age with Two Different Dads focuses on Anthony’s struggle to find his place in the world. Every Other Weekend Anthony was living with one step parent or the other.
Let’s talk about:
- What does it really mean for children of divorced parents to live their lives “Every Other Weekend?”
- How to navigate family relationships when dealing with opposing political views or disparate economic status.
- What parents should keep in mind if they’re planning a divorce.
- How can parents (on both sides) support kids' dreams and aspirations no matter the arena they choose to pursue.
- When and when not to urge your children to go into your line of work.
Access a digital copy of Every Other Weekend: Coming of Age with Two Different Dads HERE, and find more information about the book below. Email me if you would like a physical review copy.
About EVERY OTHER WEEKEND: 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 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.
Topic Categories
Biography
Anthony J. Mohr served for 26 years as a judge on the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. He also 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 editor of the Harvard ALI Social Impact Review. His stories and essays have received five Pushcart Prize nominations. He has worked on the staffs of Evening Street Review, Fifth Wednesday Journal, Hippocampus Magazine, and Under the Sun.
United States of America
Facebook URL
Twitter URL
