

Her novel is the story of a young woman named Maureen coming of age in late 1960s Newfoundland and travelling to Expo '67 in Montreal where she gets pregnant. Another great thing about being 65 if you ask me," she said as the audience rolled with laughter. I can't wait to be 90, I guess it just keeps getting better! "I know I'm supposed to be so 'oh sex is so great when you're 65,'" said the 65-year-old Walsh.

She said writing the book was the most satisfying feeling she has ever had in her life, "including in bed."

Locale and mostly-older audience be damned, the popular Canadian actress best known for her work on the CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes had them in stitches Sunday at the Eden Mills Writers Festival, where Walsh was promoting her first novel: Crying For The Moon. EDEN MILLS - Mary Walsh wouldn't be Mary Walsh if she wasn't making you laugh.
