About this Event
Join us during OgunquitFest 2026 for a lively morning with author Annie Hartnett!
Stop by the Bookshop on Saturday, October 24, from 10 a.m. to noon for a little talk, plenty of chitchat, and a book signing celebrating The Road to Tender Hearts and Unlikely Animals.
Annie’s novels are funny, tender, wonderfully original—and meeting Annie herself is sure to leave you smiling!
The Road to Tender Hearts
Sixty-three-year-old lottery winner PJ Halliday is still haunted by the loss of his daughter and the collapse of his marriage. When he learns that his high-school sweetheart is single again, he sets off for Arizona to win her back—accompanied by his adrift adult daughter, two newly orphaned children and Pancakes, a therapy cat with an uncanny ability to predict death. Darkly funny and wonderfully tender, this unconventional road-trip novel explores grief, forgiveness and the surprising ways a family can find its way forward.
Unlikely Animals
Emma Starling, a natural-born healer and medical-school dropout, returns to small-town New Hampshire to care for her dying father, who has begun seeing tiny animals and receiving advice from the ghost of a long-dead naturalist. When Emma discovers that her former best friend has disappeared amid the town’s opioid crisis, she and her father set out to find her. Filled with an unforgettable cast of characters—both living and dead—Unlikely Animals is a funny, poignant and imaginative story about family, friendship, loss and the possibility of miracles.
Event venue & nearby stays
Perkins Cove Bookshop, 12 Perkins Cove Road, Ogunquit, United States
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