The Three Graces of Pearl Street; Virtual Author Event with Elizabeth Wellington Rollins

Join Vermont author Elizabeth Wellington Rollins for a virtual author event hosted by Bridgeside Books and Vermont Italian Cultural Association (VICA).

Event is free to attend. RSVP link to come. RSVP required to receive virtual event link to attend.

Three Graces of Pearl Street follows 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,…