Mon, Jun 08
|Needham Free Public Library
An Evening with Annie Hartnett - Author of The Road to Tender Hearts
Please join us to discuss Annie Hartnett's newest novel, The Road to Tender Hearts. After a brief discussion, Annie will be answering questions and signing books. The event will be held at The Needham Public Library in the Community Room.
Time & Location
Jun 08, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Needham Free Public Library, 1139 Highland Ave, Needham, MA 02494, USA
Guests
About the event
At sixty-three years old, million-dollar lottery winner PJ Halliday would be the luckiest man in Pondville, Massachusetts, if it weren’t for the tragedies of his life: the sudden death of his eldest daughter and the way his marriage fell apart after that. Since then, PJ spends both his money and his time at the bar, and he probably doesn’t have much time left—he’s had three heart attacks already.
But when PJ reads the obituary of his old romantic rival, he realizes his high school sweetheart, Michelle Cobb, is finally single again. Filled with a new enthusiasm for life, PJ decides he’s going to drive across the country to the Tender Hearts Retirement Community in Arizona to win Michelle back.
Before PJ can hit the road, tragedy strikes Pondville, leaving PJ the sudden guardian of his estranged brother’s grandchildren. Anyone else would be deterred from the planned trip, but PJ figures…