Event Description
GrubStreet and Porter Square Books are excited to welcome Elizabeth Wellington Rollins for the release of The Three Graces of Pearl Street. Aja Frost will join Rollins in conversation.
ABOUT THE THREE GRACES OF PEARL STREET
In this wise and warm debut novel, an Italian American grandmother, daughter, and granddaughter all named after the Roman myth of the Three Graces find their lives—and their secrets—colliding when, after years apart, they come to live under the same roof.
Graziella, a ninety-six-year-old former nun, spends her days running the parish’s food kitchen, convinced it is her responsibility to keep everyone fed in their working-class New York neighborhood. Her daughter, Grace, a respected psychology professor, appears accomplished and composed, yet finds herself unmoored as her personal life falters. Ella—Graziella’s granddaughter and Grace’s daughter—is weary of defending her vegan diet and anti-capitalistic lifestyle; blind to her own brilliance, she longs, above all, for a place to belong. Living together again, the three Graces reckon with the distances that have shaped them, and with what it means, at last, to be fully known.
“Truly captivating” (Annabel Monaghan, New York Times bestselling author) and populated by unforgettable characters, The Three Graces of Pearl Street explores the delicate balance between tradition and modernity, and the quiet courage it takes to move through the world with true grace.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Elizabeth Wellington Rollins is a writer and award-winning copywriter. She grew up outside New York City and graduated from Davidson College. Her work has appeared in Condé Nast Traveler, The Week, Travel + Leisure, and Vogue. She lives in Vermont with her family.
Aja Frost is the co-founder of Platonic Love, a beloved newsletter about friendship. Platonic Love has been featured in Cup of Jo, The Washington Post, Big Salad, and What to Cook When You Don’t Feel Like Cooking, among others. She lives in Somerville, Massachusetts with her husband Sam and several (dying) plants.
This class will take place in-person at our Center for Creative Writing in Boston's Seaport neighborhood.
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