{"product_id":"when-she-was-ours-book-event","title":"When She Was Ours Book Event","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHigh Tea \u0026amp; Author Event\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eJoin us for this special ticketed event at our Beverly location.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSaturday, October 17, 2026\u003cbr\u003e3:30am-5:00pm\u003cbr\u003eJolie Tea Company\u003cbr\u003e192 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTicket includes: High Tea, book presentation by Anna, copy of the novel, \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eWhen She Was Ours\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eChampagne \u0026amp; Wine available for purchase, extra books will also be available for purchase. \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0697\/5340\/5658\/files\/Anna_Nordberg_Bio.webp?v=1787253844\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"465\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1779380976589_3153\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eAnna Nordberg is an author and journalist whose essays have appeared in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSlate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emagazine,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e. Before going freelance, she worked for over ten years as a magazine editor at Time Inc and Conde Nast. Before that, she spent a lot of her childhood writing novels with a number 2 pencil on yellow legal pads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eAnna has a B.A. in English from Yale University, where she also wrote a lot of fiction, this time on a computer. In 2015, she started writing a memoir about becoming a mother without her mom, who died when Anna was a teenager. This led to a focus in her writing on mothers and daughters, how loss unfolds throughout a life, and the vulnerability of being a parent with young children. While the memoir never found a home, Anna brought those themes into her first novel,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen She Was Ours\u003c\/em\u003e, which will be published on August 1, 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1780255481092_13961\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eAnna grew up in New York City and now lives in San Francisco with her husband, son and daughter, and English cocker spaniel, Guinness (who also loves books).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note all tickets are final sale. Limited capacity. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jolie Tea Company Beverly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48462857371866,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0697\/5340\/5658\/files\/Nordberg-WhenSheWasOurs-cover_1.webp?v=1787253878","url":"https:\/\/joliereservations.com\/products\/when-she-was-ours-book-event","provider":"Jolie Tea Company Beverly","version":"1.0","type":"link"}