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Join acclaimed poet and Wellesley alumna Elizabeth Percer as she reads from her new novel, An Uncommon Education.  This elegant debut stars a young woman whose serendipitous discovery of Wellesley College’s oldest honor society, the mysterious Shakespeare Society, brings the promise of happiness. But, her equilibrium is soon compromised by a scandal that brings irrevocable consequences. ABOUT THE BOOK: Elizabeth Percer delivers a stunning debut novel in AN UNCOMMON EDUCATION: A Novel, a Wellesley-College-set coming-of-age tale that evokes elements of Prep and Dead Poets Society even as it makes a profound impression all its own with a nuanced, incisive take on family, friendship, loss, and self-discovery.  ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Elizabeth Percer is a three-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize and has twice been honored by the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Foundation. She received a BA in English from Wellesley and a PhD in arts education from Stanford University, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship for the National Writing Project at UC Berkeley. She lives in California with her husband and three children. An Uncommon Education is her first novel.