Community Events at Hilltown Commons

PResented with Pond HIll Writers’ Retreat

May 18 | 7:00PM | Gugg Auditorium

As part of our second annual Pond Hill Writers' Retreat, we are excited to host authors Tiffany Hanssen and Caitlin Shetterly, both releasing novels this month that ask the same urgent question from opposite ends of the earth: What holds a family together — and what tears it apart for good?

In The Gulf of Lions, Shetterly follows a woman recovering from cancer and a husband's betrayal who packs up her daughters for a journey across France — only to find that the escape she's been craving may cost her more than she bargained for. In My Name Was Gerry Sass, Hanssen's dark and wickedly funny debut, a hitman-for-hire is shot dead in an Iowa woods, leaving behind a daughter hungry for revenge, a guilt-ridden priest, and a killer who isn't quite ready to stop talking. One novel moves through lavender fields and Mediterranean light; the other through purgatory and Midwest grit — but both circle the same raw territory: the lies families keep, the debts they pass down, and the impossible love that survives it all.

Welcome Reception: 6:30PM

Reading & Talk: 7:00PM

See you there for a night to remember!