Thurs, Jun 25 at 6:30 p.m.

We are thrilled to host author Hannah Selinger for a discussion of Valley of the Moms, a sharp, twist-filled story where suburban perfection hides something far darker beneath the surface.

Set in the seemingly idyllic town of Hamilton, Massachusetts, Valley of the Moms pulls back the curtain on a world of polished appearances, simmering resentments, and cutthroat school politics. With echoes of The Stepford Wives and Big Little Lies, Selinger’s novel introduces readers to Anna Plummer, a mother who begins to question the rigid social codes of her community only to find herself at the center of a shocking tragedy one year later.

Hannah Selinger is a James Beard Award-nominated lifestyle writer and mother of two based in Boxford, MA, and the author of the memoir Cellar Rat: My Life in the Restaurant Underbelly. Her print and digital work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, Eater, Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and elsewhere. Her 2021 Bon Appétit essay, “In My Childhood Kitchen, I Learned Both Fear and Love,” is anthologized in the 2022 Best American Food Writing collection.