FREEPORT — South Freeport Congregational Church is holding its first fundraising Author Luncheon on Friday, May 16, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Charlotte Bacon, author of “A Private State,” “Lost Geography,” “There is Room for You,” “Split Estate,” and her newest, a mystery, “The Twisted Thread” will be speaking about her work followed by lunch, a questionand answer period and book signing.
Bacon graduated from Harvard University and received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University. Her debut collection of stories, “A Private State,” won the PEN/Hemingway Award for First Fiction in 1998. Bacon lives in Maine with her husband and three children.
The cost for the luncheon is $20 per person and tickets must be purchased before the event. No tickets will be sold at the door. The luncheon will be at South Freeport Congregational Church in the Community Hall, 98 South Freeport Road, South Freeport. Please call 865-4012 for reservations.
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