BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Center - ECPv6.18.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://thecenterduxbury.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261203T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261203T150000 DTSTAMP:20261019T175754Z CREATED:20261019T175437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261019T175754Z UID:7020-1796302800-1796310000@thecenterduxbury.org SUMMARY:Author Luncheon Event with Anna Hogeland\, Wild Astor DESCRIPTION:Signup on Schedules Plus → Anna Hogeland\, Wild AstorThursday\, December 3 at 1:00 p.m.Luncheon $15.00 (Author talk is free) Mae Smith starts her life as a stolen good: her biological mother\, Ida\, kidnaps her from her adoptive parents\, and Mae grows up on the run\, constantly changing towns and names\, never able to find a home. After her mother’s death\, Mae is determined to live a different kind of life. But over the next half-century\, as she reinvents herself against the backdrop of the Depression and Second World War\, and pursues stability amid the personal upheavals of marriage and motherhood\, she must reckon with the choices she’s made and life’s inexorable turns.For readers of Zorrie by Laird Hunt\, The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott\, and The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant\, Wild Aster explores the price of security\, the drive to be a different mother than your own\, and the daily gains and losses that define who we become. Ultimately\, Mae’s story challenges us to confront the choices we make for personal fulfillment and family obligation and the perseverance that even a seemingly ordinary life demands.Wild Aster will be out with Bloomsbury December 1\, 2026. URL:https://thecenterduxbury.org/event/author-luncheon-event-with-anna-hogeland-wild-astor/ LOCATION:The Center\, 10 Mayflower Street\, Duxbury\, MA\, 02332\, United States CATEGORIES:Author Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thecenterduxbury.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Wild-Aster-Anna-Hogeland.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR