• Contact Us
  • Events calendar
Entering Swellesley
Pinnacle, Wellesley

The Swellesley Report

More than you really want to know about Wellesley, Mass.

  • Advertise
  • Contribute
  • Eat
  • Wellesley Square
  • School
  • Top 10 things to do
  • Embracing diversity
  • Charities/Community
  • Arts
  • Camp
  • Kids
  • Environment/Sustainability
  • Events
  • About us
  • Subscribe
  • Natick Report
  • COVID-19
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Bulletin Board
Needham Bank, Wellesley
Boston Sports Institute, Wellesley

Wellesley Books March author line-up includes mom of 9 who still finds time to write best-sellers, unlike you

February 28, 2016 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

two-if-by-sea-9781501115578_lgJacquelyn Mitchard, best-selling author of The Deep End of the Ocean will be on hand at Wellesley Books on Thursday, March 24 at 7 pm for an author appearance, reading, Q & A, and book signing to promote her new novel Two if by Sea. Two If by Sea is about the best and worst in people, and the possibility of heroism, and even magic, in ordinary life.

Mitchard is the editor in chief and co-creator of Merit Press and a professor of fiction and creative non-fiction at Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier. The Deep End of the Ocean was the inaugural selection of the Oprah Winfrey Book Club. She lives on Cape Cod with her husband and their nine children.

Other author visits in March:

Wednesday, March 2nd 2016 @ 7pm

Theresa Rebeck – I’m Glad About You, (The pathos and missed connections of One Day meet the hilarity of Crazy Rich Asians in Theresa Rebeck’s comedic and tender novel, I’m Glad About You.)

About the author:
 Theresa Rebeck has had more than a dozen plays produced in New York, including Omnium Gatherum, for which she was a Pulitzer-Prize finalist, Seminar, starring Alan Rickman and Dead Accounts. She was the creator of the NBC drama Smash.

Monday, March 7th 2016 @ 7pm

Jay Atkinson, Massacre on the Merrimack, (The courageous story of Hannah Duston and the band of Abenaki that raided her village of Haverhill, Massachusetts.)

About the author: Jay Atkinson teaches writing at Boston University and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize three times. He grew up hearing Hannah Duston’s story in his hometown of Methuen, Massachusetts, which was part of Haverhill until 1726.

Wednesday, March 23rd 2016 @ 7pm

Helen Simonson, The Summer Before the War, (A luminous story of a family, a town, and a world in the days just before and after the Great War.)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Helen Simonson, best-selling author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, was born in England and is a graduate of the London School of Economics. Simonson is married, with two grown sons. This is her second novel.

Thursday, March 31st 2016 @ 7pm

Peggy Orenstein, Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape (A clear-eyed picture of the new sexual landscape girls face in the high school and college years, and how they are negotiating it.)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Peggy Orenstein, author of the best-seller, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, is a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine. She lives in Northern California with her husband and their daughter, Daisy.

 

print
Share

Filed Under: Books, Entertainment

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Linden Square, Wellesley
Fran's Flowers
Clearhaven Recovery

Tip us off…

Please send tips, photos, ideas to [email protected]
Wellesley Square ad
Wellesley, Jesamondo
Admit Fit, Wellesley
Sexton test prep
Feldman Law
Fay School, Southborough
Wellesley Theatre Project
The Moving-Pictures Company
image of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
covid vaccine
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
Never miss a post with our free daily Swellesley Report email
Name: 
Your email address:*
Please wait...
Please enter all required fields Click to hide
Correct invalid entries Click to hide

You can subscribe for free, though we appreciate any contribution that supports our independent journalism.

Click here to read our Natick Report

Natick Report

Most Read Posts

  • Newton-Wellesley Orthopedic Walk-In—no appointment needed
  • Wellesley summer camp listings 2021 — find the experience of a lifetime
  • Beyond Wellesley: Swellesley goes to Eastie
  • Wellesley sports catch-up: Softball fields opening ceremony; Boston Marathon invitational #s up for grabs; Peewee AA1 hockey team wins title
  • Wellesley library to open temporary location in the former Talbot's space, and more details

Events Calendar

« April 2021 » loading...
S M T W T F S
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
1
Thu 22

Ben Franklin, The Early Years: Wellesley Historical Society online lecture

April 22 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sat 24

WellesleyRocks concert: Shira Doron & Patrick Hayden; Bigfoot acoustic

April 24 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Mon 26

Virtual lab tour, pooled COVID testing

April 26 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Wed 28

Fay School virtual information session

April 28 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Wed 28

Open House at Boston Outdoor Preschool Network

April 28 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Pages

  • Guidelines for Letters to the Editor
  • How to submit your flyer for the Community Bulletin Board page
  • Wellesley Community Bulletin Board
  • Wellesley coronavirus (COVID-19) updates
  • Wellesley’s 7 official scenic roads
  • Wellesley, Mass., fishing spots
  • Wellesley Choral Society
  • Wellesley College Notable Alumnae
  • Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass.
  • Wellesley outdoor art gallery
  • Wellesley restaurants offering take-out and delivery
  • Wellesley, Massachusetts restaurant — Amarin of Thailand

Recent Comments

  • Peter Watson on Wellesley celebrates Earth Day by launching Climate Action Plan process
  • Deborah Brown on Wellesley library to open temporary location in the former Talbot’s space, and more details
  • Deborah Brown on Kitty-in-a-capsule lands in Wellesley Square
  • debra start on Kitty-in-a-capsule lands in Wellesley Square
  • Kelly on Wellesley library to open temporary location in the former Talbot’s space, and more details

Links we like

  • Great Runs
  • Jack Sanford: Wellesley's Major League Baseball Star
  • Taquitos.net
  • Tech-Tamer
  • The Wellesley Wine Press
  • Universal Hub
  • Wellesley Sports Discussion Facebook Group

Categories

  • 2021 Town Election (21)
  • Animals (389)
  • Antiques (48)
  • Art (545)
  • Beyond Wellesley (31)
  • Books (346)
  • Business (1,383)
  • Camp (3)
  • Careers/jobs (46)
  • Churches (74)
  • Clubs (211)
  • Construction (282)
  • Dump (114)
  • Education (2,923)
    • Babson College (244)
    • Bates Elementary School (14)
    • Dana Hall School (29)
    • Fiske Elementary School (6)
    • Hardy Elementary School (33)
    • Hunnewell Elementary School (34)
    • MassBay (49)
    • Schofield Elementary School (20)
    • Sprague Elementary School (19)
    • St. John School (1)
    • Tenacre Country Day School (9)
    • Upham Elementary School (30)
    • Wellesley College (600)
    • Wellesley High School (895)
    • Wellesley Middle School (195)
  • Embracing diversity (52)
  • Entertainment (729)
  • Environment (681)
  • Fashion (134)
  • Finance (13)
  • Fire (144)
  • Food (328)
  • Fundraising (565)
  • Gardens (137)
  • Government (427)
    • 2020 Town Election (47)
  • Health (762)
    • COVID-19 (154)
  • History (361)
  • Holidays (367)
  • Houses (121)
  • Humor (45)
  • Kids (821)
  • Law (3)
  • Letters to the Editor (12)
  • Media (63)
  • METCO (4)
  • Military (3)
  • Morses Pond (97)
  • Music (546)
  • Natick Report (28)
  • Neighbors (252)
  • Obituaries (62)
  • Outdoors (589)
  • Parenting (60)
  • Police (704)
    • Crime (358)
  • Politics (545)
  • Real estate (294)
  • Religion (127)
  • Restaurants (306)
  • Safety (143)
  • Scouts (1)
  • Senior citizens (111)
  • Shopping (123)
  • Sports (907)
  • STEM (107)
  • Technology (159)
  • Theatre (383)
  • Town Meeting (22)
  • Transportation (212)
  • Travel (12)
  • Uncategorized (1,212)
  • Volunteering (320)
  • Weather (169)
  • Wellesley Election 2019 (21)
  • Wellesley Free Library (260)
  • Wellesley's Wonderful Weekend (5)
RSS Feed Icon Subscribe to RSS Feed

© 2021 The Swellesley Report
Site by Tech-Tamer · Login