Join other readers at the beautiful five-star Wequassett Resort for an afternoon of celebrating author Amity Gaige!
July 17th | Grand Pavilion | Check-in Opens at 11:30 and the Program begins at 12pm.
The book is included with the ticket price, as is the buffet luncheon, coffee, dessert, tax, gratuities, and all related fees. Books will be available for pickup at the bookstore via your name between June 24th and the day before our event.
Because it is a bit like hosting a wedding, and final numbers are guaranteed to the venue in advance, tickets are non-refundable. We do, however, maintain a wait list and are happy to facilitate an exchange of tickets if you should find yourself unable to attend as the event approaches.
Event rooms are subject to change, based on the needs of the resort.
No need to print out a physical ticket unless you prefer to; we will welcome you to the event using the list of names, or Book Club names.
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Thank you for your support of this incredible experience for our reading community as we celebrate the book the Boston Globe calls “best thriller of 2025”!
Amity Gaige | Wequassett Resort
July 17th Author Literary Luncheon
Includes a copy of Heartwood, which she will be signing!
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About the Book
In the heart of the Maine woods, an experienced Appalachian Trail 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.
Heartwood is a “gem of a thousand facets—suspenseful, transporting, tender, and ultimately soul-mending,” (Megan Majumdar, New York Times bestselling author of A Burning) that tells the story of a lost hiker’s odyssey and is a moving rendering of each character’s interior journey. The mystery inspires larger questions about the many ways in which we get lost, and how we are found. At its core, Heartwood is an “unputdownable” (Real Simple) and redemptive novel, written with both enormous literary ambition and love. -
About the Author
Heartwood is Amity 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. Amity 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.
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About the Author Literary Luncheon Series
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