Author Amity Gaige Shares her Best Selling Novel Heartwood at Glen Ellyn
\n\nChildren&rsquo\;s Resource Center&rsquo\;s Annual Literary Event Fundraiser
\n\nGLEN ELLYN\, IL\, February 9\, 2026 &mdash\; The Glen Ellyn Children&rsquo\;s Resource Center (GECRC)
\n\nwelcomes The New York Times best-selling author Amity Gaige to its annual Literary Event
\n\nFundraiser\, held on Thursday\, April 30\, 2026 at Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton. Proceeds will
\n\nsupport GECRC&rsquo\;s efforts to empower nearly 300 under-resourced children living in the greater
\n\nGlen Ellyn community to realize their full potential through after-school and summer tutoring and
\n\nmentoring programs. The event is held in partnership with The Bookstore of Glen Ellyn and
\n\nsupported by the generosity from many loyal businesses and community partners in Glen Ellyn
\n\nand Wheaton.
\n\n&ldquo\;We are delighted to welcome Amity Gaige\, author of The New York Times'\; bestselling novel
\n\nHeartwood as our featured author at GECRC&rsquo\;s 2026 Literary Event\, held once again at
\n\nArrowhead Golf Club\,&rdquo\; says Sarah O&rsquo\;Donnell\, GECRC Executive Director. "\;We&rsquo\;re looking
\n\nforward to an engaging evening as Ms. Gaige discusses her critically acclaimed novel
\n\nHeartwood in an insightful Q&\;A format led by The Bookstore of Glen Ellyn owner Shannon
\n\nBurgess.&rdquo\;
\n\nHeartwood has been called &ldquo\;the best thriller of the year&rdquo\; by The Boston Globe\, and was named
\n\na Best Book of 2025 by The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, The New York Public
\n\nLibrary\, Audible\, She Reads\, Goodreads\, Vulture and NPR. Heartwood has been described as
\n\n&ldquo\;gratifying as a daffodil at the end of a long winter&rdquo\; (The New York Times) and &ldquo\;a terrifically
\n\nmoving and tense thriller&hellip\; genius&rdquo\; (The Washington Post). Gaige is also the author of similarly
\n\nlauded novels Sea Wife\, Schroder\, O My Darling\, and The Folded World.
\n\nTickets are $80 in advance or $90 at the door. A $95 bundle of a ticket and a discounted
\n\npaperback copy of Heartwood is available from The Bookstore in Glen Ellyn. Tickets include
\n\nlight bites\, two drink tickets\, and an abundance of literary-loving friends. Guests are welcome to
\n\npurchase additional drink tickets and raffle tickets for amazing curated baskets from book clubs
\n\nand favorite local businesses. The event takes place on Thursday\, April 30\, 2026 starting at
\n\n6:30pm at Arrowhead Golf Club\, 26W151 Butterfield Rd\, Wheaton\, IL. Tickets can be purchased
\n\nonline now at https://literary26gecrc.givesmart.com/ or www.gecrc.com \, or in-person at The
\n\nBookstore\, 475 N. Main St.\, Glen Ellyn\, IL. All proceeds will benefit GECRC.
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