DAMARISCOTTA — Celebrated Maine author Elizabeth Peavey brings her one-woman show, “My Mother’s Clothes Are Not My Mother,” to the Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St., on Sunday, Oct. 21, at 2 p.m. for one afternoon only.

The show premiered to a series of sell-out houses at the St. Lawrence Performing Arts Center in Portland last fall. It traveled to Sugarloaf USA ski area in February, where it was received by another packed house. In April, she gave two performances at the Chocolate Church Art Center in Bath (her hometown), followed by another sellout at the Magic Lantern in Bridgton, as a benefit for the Bridgton Library. She’s thrilled to be bringing her performance to Damariscotta, a news release said.

“My Mother’s Clothes” is performed in a series of connected monologues by Peavey as she confronts the following: Losing a parent is difficult enough. Losing your final parent presents an additional challenge: What are you supposed to do with all your family’s stuff ?

For months, she avoided wading through her late mother’s things. But when her mom’s condo sells, she’s forced to reckon with its contents. As she does, objects surface, triggering memories from her childhood. Possessions she once thought would be easy to chuck — the Polynesian hors d’oeuvre platter, the outdated coat from Bernie’s Fashions, the milk glass and tea cups — suddenly take on epic stature, forcing the question: How do we know when to let go?

Peavey is the author of “Outta My Way: An

Odd Life Lived Loudly” and of “Maine &

Me: 10 Years of

Down East Adventures,” which was awarded the

Maine Literary

Award for Best

Maine-themed

Book. Her essays and articles have appeared in “Down East” magazine since 1993. Her monthly humor column, “Outta My Yard,” can be found at thebollard.com.

She has taught public speaking at the University of Southern Maine since 1993 and has served as guest lecturer of creative nonfiction at University of Maine at Farmington. Her latest book, “Glorious Slow Going: Maine Stories of Art, Friendship and Adventure,” a collaboration with renowned Maine landscape painter Marguerite Robichaux, was released in November 2011 and was runner up for the John N. Cole Literary Award for Best Maine-Themed book.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $7 for youth age 18 and under.

For more information, call 563- 3424 or visit www.atthelincoln.orgor by calling the box office at 563-3424.