Montgomery County Community College will hold the first spring semester installment of its West Campus Speaker Series, featuring author Lucinda Fleeson, on Wednesday, Feb. 3 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. The presentation will be held in the South Hall Community Room, 101 College Drive, Pottstown. It is free of charge and open to the public.
Lucinda Fleeson is the author of W
aking Up in Eden: In Pursuit of an Impassioned Life on an Imperiled Island. The book tells Fleenson’s story about leaving Philadelphia, where she was a reporter for the Inquirer, to work in a tropical botanic garden in Kauai, Hawaii. According to her website,
Waking Up in Eden “is a book for armchair travelers, modern-day romantics, gardeners, green activists, and everyone interested in a true adventure story about following one’s heart.”
Fleeson currently serves as the director of a program for international journalists at the University of Maryland College of Journalism, and she teaches writing and reporting.
For more information, visit
www.lucindafleeson.com.
