There was a story in Sunday’s New York Times about what Mary Jo Buttafuoco‘s up to these days: “working on a book… with a ghostwriter, which her agent is shopping to publishers.” As she told Corey Kilgannon, “I want to get the point across that you can get through anything, whether it’s tragedy or scandal, and come out with your head up and move on with life.”
So who’s the agent? Sharlene Martin, who says the former Mrs. Buttafuoco, who now goes by Connery, came to her through another one of her literary clients, Beverly Hills facial restoration specialist Dr. Babak Azizzadeh. “After meeting with Mary Jo, I knew she had a real survivor’s tale to tell—one with dignity and encouragement to other women facing various adversities throughout their lives,” Martin says, also noting her new client’s “incredible wry sense of humor.” Martin confirms that Connery will have a co-author on the project: Julie McCarron, who has previously collaborated on celebrity memoirs by Tracey Gold, Gene Simmons, and Shannon Tweed.