Anita Shreve Adds Post-Show Book Signing to Sold-Out Q&A at 'Writers in the Loft'

The Music Hall's Writers in the Loft series welcomes to the stage Anita Shreve, the New York Times bestselling author of The Weight of Water and The Pilot's Wife (an Oprah's Book Club selection), on Wednesday, May 3.

Note: Anita Shreve's 7pm event is SOLD OUT, but please join her meet-and-greet book signing at 8pm in the Loft lobby. Book buyers can have her personalize their hardcover editions of THE STARS ARE FIRE.

The author visits with her thrilling new work, THE STARS ARE FIRE-an exquisitely suspenseful new novel based on the true story of the largest fire in Maine's history and about an extraordinary young woman tested by the horrific incident and its devastating aftermath.

The 7pm event includes an author presentation and moderated Q+A, plus book signing and meet-and-greet. It will be held at the Music Hall Loft at 131 Congress Street, in downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

"Anita Shreve's is a favorite of many of us here at The Music Hall. We've presented her before, and are delighted she is back with THE STARS ARE FIRE, another remarkable tale based on New England history," said Margaret Talcott, Producer of Writers in the Loft and the evening's moderator. "Don't miss this opportunity to discuss her work, her writing and local history with this best-loved novelist."

ABOUT THE BOOK
In October 1947, after a summer-long drought, fires break out near Bar Harbor and are soon burning out of control, racing down the coast. Five months pregnant, Grace Holland is left alone to protect her two toddlers when her husband, Gene, joins the volunteer firefighters. Along with her best friend, Rosie, and Rosie's two young children, Grace watches helplessly as their houses burn to the ground, the flames finally forcing them all into the ocean as a last resort. The women spend the night frantically protecting their children, and in the morning find their lives forever changed: homeless, penniless, awaiting news of their husbands' fate, and left to face an uncertain future in a town that no longer exists.

In the midst of this devastating loss, Grace discovers glorious new freedoms-joys and triumphs she could never have expected-and her spirits soar. And, then, the unthinkable happens, and Grace's bravery is tested as never before.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ANITA SHREVE's novels have sold more than six million copies and have been translated into thirty-six languages. She lives with her husband in New Hampshire. For more information visit www.anitashreve.com.

Anita Shreve's 7pm Loft event is SOLD OUT*, but all book buyers are invited to a meet-and-greet book signing with the author at 8pm. The author will personalize hardcover editions of THE STARS ARE FIRE. Post show vouchers ($27, including book) can be purchased online at TheMusicHall.org, over the phone at 603.436.2400 or in person at the B2W Box Office at the Historic Theater, 28 Chestnut Street.

Akin to The Music Hall's anchor literary series, Writers on a New England Stage, Writers in the Loft features bestselling authors in a smaller, more intimate space. The series brings audiences today's top authors, the best of fiction and nonfiction, and award-winners across categories. The evening package includes a reserved seat and bar beverage, author presentation and Q+A, a copy of the book, and a meet-and-greet book signing with the featured writer.

The Music Hall is a performing arts center featuring curated entertainment from around the world in two theaters in its downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire campus - one, a landmark 1878 Victorian theater, designated an American Treasure for the Arts by the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures Program, the other the intimate Music Hall Loft around the corner, recently named "best performing arts venue" by Yankee Magazine and the recipient of the NH AIA award for design excellence.

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