October 16th: Meet & Greet with Annie Hartnett, author of Road to Tender Hearts 

Maxima Book Center is proud to host a Meet & Greet with Massachusetts's own bestselling author, Annie Hartnett! In addition to a seat at the event, each ticket includes a paperback copy of Road to Tender Hearts; Hartnett's national bestseller, and the topic of the evening.

Date: Friday, 10/16/26

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Maxima Book Center, 1717 Mass. Ave. Lexington, MA 02420

ABOUT THE BOOK

A darkly comic and warm-hearted novel about an old man on a cross-country mission to reunite with his high school crush—bringing together his adult daughter, two orphaned kids, and a cat who can predict death.

THE ROAD TO TENDER HEARTS is Annie’s newest novel, a national bestseller and winner of the 2025 New England Book Award. It received starred reviews from Kirkus and Booklist and was an April Indie Next Pick. It has been (or will be) translated into over a dozen languages.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Annie Hartnett is the award-winning author of three novels: Rabbit Cake, Unlikely Animals, and the national bestseller The Road to Tender Hearts, which won the 2025 New England Book Award for fiction, is currently longlisted for the Massachusetts Book Award, was named a best book of 2025 from NPR, LitHub, and Southern Living, and has been translated into over a dozen languages. Along with the writer Tessa Fontaine, she co-runs Accountability Workshops for writers, helping writers commit to routines and embrace the long, slow, joyful, terrible process of doing the work. She lives in Massachusetts with her pretty good husband, perfect daughter, and two flawless rescue dogs, Willie Nelson and Minnie Mouse.