A conversation with Amity Gage
Schedule
Wed, 29 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
18700 Westwood Drive, Strongsville, OH 44136 | Strongsville, OH
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Join us at our Strongsville Branch for a conversation with Amity Gage, author of "Heartwood."Registration for this event is free. VIP tickets ($20 + fees) are also available, which include a paperback copy of "Heartwood", signing line priority, VIP seating and a donation to the Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation.
Register: https://attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/15777260
Heartwood is Gaige’s fifth novel. It was selected by Jenna Bush Hager as a Read with Jenna pick for April 2025 and became an instant national bestseller. Gage is the author of four previous novels, "O My Darling," "The Folded World," "Schroder," and "Sea Wife." "Sea Wife" was a 2020 New York Times Notable Book and a finalist for the Mark Twain American Voice Award. "Schroder" was also a New York Times Notable Book and a best book of 2013 according to The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, among others, and was shortlisted for UK’s Folio Prize in 2014. In 2018, Amity was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction. She lives in West Hartford, Connecticut, with her family and teaches creative writing at Yale.
In "Heartwood," deep in the Maine woods, an experienced hiker goes missing. She is forty-two-year-old Valerie Gillis, who has vanished 200 miles from her final destination. Alone in the wilderness, Valerie pours her thoughts into fractured, poetic letters to her mother as she battles the elements and struggles to keep hoping.
At the heart of the investigation is Beverly, the determined Maine State Game Warden tasked with finding Valerie, who leads the search on the ground. Meanwhile, Lena, a seventy-six-year-old birdwatcher in a Connecticut retirement community, becomes an unexpected armchair detective. Roving between these compelling narratives, a puzzle emerges, intensifying the frantic search, as Valerie’s disappearance may not be accidental.
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📕 Additional books will be available for purchase courtesy of Mac's Backs - Books on Coventry.
NO REFUNDS. If you are unable to attend the event, please contact [email protected] to claim the book(s) included with your ticket purchase and schedule pick up from the CCPL branch of your choice. Books not claimed within 7 days of the event will be donated to the Library.
Questions? Email us at [email protected].
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