Join The Friends for the 14th Annual Author Luncheon, featuring Amity Gaige.
The event will be held Friday, April 24, 2026 from 11:30am to 2:30pm at the Farmington Polo Club.
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Amity Gaige is the bestselling author of five novels, O My Darling (2005), The Folded World (2007), Schroder (2013), Sea Wife (2020) and Heartwood (2025). Her most recent book,
Heartwood, has been called “the best thriller of the year” by The Boston Globe, and was named a Best Book of 2025 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Public Library, Audible, She Reads, Goodreads, Vulture and NPR. Heartwood has been described as “gratifying as a daffodil at the end of a long winter” (The New York Times) and “a terrifically moving and tense thriller… genius” (The Washington Post).
Some of America’s most lauded writers, including God of the Woods author Liz Moore, have endorsed Heartwood, calling it an “a literary thriller of the highest order… an absolute must-
read,” (Elin Hilderbrand), “impossible to put down” (Jennifer Egan). Heartwood was Jenna Bush Hager’s “Read with Jenna” pick for April 2025. Amity appeared on The Today Show with Jenna twice and was a featured guest at the inaugural “Read With Jenna Book Festival” in Nashville in May of 2025. Heartwood was a national bestseller and #1 on The Boston Globe bestseller list.