Author Talk: Nearly Native; A Nantucket Story of Adoption, Love and Luck by Susan Fernald

Date

October 23, 2026

Time

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

This is the story before Nantucket had the cachet it now has. From the summer of 1939, when her parents met at an island beach party, her adoption in 1953, through the summer she left for college in 1971, the story captures a truly bygone era. Susan spent her first 11 summers living at India House, an historic inn and restaurant, enjoying freedom, long summer days and the quieter winters.

Whether you’ve lived on Nantucket for decades, newly arrived or visited and can’t get it out of your heart, you can enjoy this slice of historic life on a tiny island 30 miles out to sea.

It’s a little bit history, it’s a little bit rock ‘n’ roll.

Books will be available for purchase!

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Location

1 India St.
Nantucket, MA