At the Kingston Council on Aging
 

Join Marianne Leone as she promotes her latest novel, "Christina the Astonishing," on Tuesday, October 7 at the Kingston Council on Aging. 

 

Christina Falcone is a 13-year old eighth grader at Precious Blood Junior High. She is growing up pazza according to her Italian immigrant mother, Rita, who curses a country that poisons children with chocolate milk and singing mice on television. The nuns at Precious Blood are giving Christina nightmares and facial tics with their daily descriptions of torture and martyrdom. All she wanted as a fourth grader was to become a saint so she could be God’s best friend and go straight to heaven and avoid burning in hell for all eternity.

 

At thirteen, though, Christina’s nightmares about eyeless martyrs have become dreams of escaping this place where she can see the entire trajectory of her life looming before her in a never-ending hamster loop that goes from Precious Blood Elementary School to La Sposa Bridal Shoppe and eventually across the street to Carmello’s Funeral Home without ever leaving her neighborhood only seven miles from Boston.

 

But Harvard Square beckons and Christina’s window to the world cracks open, along with the entire American culture of the 1960s, as she grows from girl to woman. Christina the Astonishing is an endearing look at an irrepressible character that will ring true to all readers regardless of the time or place they happened to take the roller-coaster ride to adulthood.

 

Books will be on sale following the author talk. 

Join Ms. Debbie from the South Shore Family Network for stories and fun. Make friends while enjoying stories, songs and movement!

 

Registration is required.

 

 

Accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, Shea will trace the development of the unique self-contained performer (lyricist, composer, singer and instrumentalist) in American popular music from 1952 through the present. This phenomenon grew out of Folk Revival of the 1960s, developed beside and against all other genres while continuing to flourish for decades. 

 

The 75-minute set will be comprised of songs that include many of the following well-known artists including Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Greg Allman, Bonnie Raitt, Jim Croce, Jackson Browne, Billy Joel and many others. Preluding each piece will be biographical facts and anecdotes about the artists and their songs. 

 

 

 

Crafting a business from a great idea requires more than just passion—it demands a solid legal foundation. Attorney Sean Hagan will help guide local business owners through the essential legal steps every aspiring entrepreneur must know, from choosing the right business structure to protecting intellectual property.  

 

Hagan is a partner at Long Hagan Huff-Harris (LHH Legal), a law firm focusing on Estates, Trusts, Business Law, and Family Law. He advises families and business owners on estate planning and trusts—always with a focus on making complex topics easier to understand. LHH Legal and Hagan have become a resource of trusted advisors to Massachusetts families for over 10 years.

 

Hagan is a South Shore native and currently resides in Kingston with his wife and two daughters. He is deeply committed to contributing to his community. Hagan is a board member of the InControl Family Foundation, which helps reduce injuries and fatalities among Massachusetts drivers, he is also an active board member of the Plymouth and Duxbury Chambers of Commerce and serves on the Kingston Public Library Foundation.

 

Hagan earned his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School and his LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University School of Law. Since 2018, he has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star—a distinction awarded to no more than 2.5% of attorneys in each state.