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Muldooneys & Me: A Memoir
Marlene P. Naicker, author
The transformative powers of life, loss, and fashion combine in the inspirational memoir Muldooneys & Me. As a driven young woman, Marlene P. Naicker strove for greatness by following her heart’s desires. Her relentlessness to keep pushing her own limits—courageously taking that road less traveled—pervaded everything she did, from track and field as a high school athlete to acting in her early twenties and finally the journey of an entrepreneur in a continent that was yet to become home.
She never expected fashion to become her calling, but serendipity—a frequent influence in Marlene’s musings—had other plans. Marlene reminisces about attending a fashion show in Europe, which was the moment Muldooneys was born. She then dives into the innovative and compelling creative journey that followed, which took her all around the world.
The many sources of her inspiration fill this poignant narrative from the real everyday people to icons, Muldooneys, the embodiment of her life and creative experiences; serendipity, an enigmatic force behind the scenes; and kindred spirits in her fashion entrepreneurship journey. The one apparent design flaw? Cancer.
In her signature, unconventional yet authentic style, Marlene narrates her devastating experiences with cancer and the hard lessons learned from her debut in fashion. She skillfully stitches together messages of hope, courage, failure, and self-discovery that echo in the leathers, colors, and designs of her handbags—the fashion line of a life story just begun, yet gone too soon…