Aaron Hamburger and Kelly McMasters: Hotel Cuba, and The Leaving Season

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A reading, discussion, Q&A, and book signing for Aaron Hamburger's new novel, Hotel Cuba; & Kelly McMasters's new memoir, The Leaving Season

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P&amp;T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Aaron Hamburger and Kelly McMasters for a reading of their newest books: Hotel Cuba, a stunning novel about two sheltered Russian Jewish sisters, desperate to get to America to make a new life, who find themselves trapped in the sultry, hedonistic world of 1920s Havana; and The Leaving Season, a memoir in intimate essays navigating marriage and motherhood, art and ambition, grief and nostalgia, and the elusive concept of home. Along with a discussion and audience Q&amp;A, Aaron and Kelly will sign copies of their books.<h2>RESERVE YOUR SIGNED COPIES OF <a href="https://www.ptknitwear.com/item/Vus7kAU5V3UFTWnZcdqIIA" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HOTEL CUBA</a> AND <a href="https://www.ptknitwear.com/item/1WCuYtKcJvo_EMXg3SWvWA" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">THE LEAVING SEASON</a></h2>AVAILABLE TO SHIP MOST PLACES<ul><li>This is a free in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating</li><li>We encourage all guests to wear masks.</li><li>The talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&amp;T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&amp;T Knitwear. If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event, we're happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!</li></ul><h3>PRAISE FOR <a href="https://www.ptknitwear.com/item/Vus7kAU5V3UFTWnZcdqIIA" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HOTEL CUBA</a></h3><blockquote>"Hotel Cuba is a stunning and captivating read. It can be easy to show a cast of characters crossing such great distances, can be easy to show an immigrant’s story, but it is another thing entirely to make a reader feel that distance and the love, sadness, forgiveness, and triumphs these people experience." — Morgan Talty, author of Night of the Living Rez</blockquote><blockquote>"Aaron Hamburger has a wonderful ear for the tenderness and loneliness of memory, and though [Hotel Cuba] travels continents, its most potent territory is the impossible idea of home." — Hilary Leichter, author of Temporary</blockquote><blockquote>“With Hotel Cuba, Aaron Hamburger sees the poignant gravity behind the ongoing search for home and the battle that can ensue between family obligations and the weight of history." — Manuel Muñoz, author of The Consequences </blockquote><h3>PRAISE FOR <a href="https://www.ptknitwear.com/item/1WCuYtKcJvo_EMXg3SWvWA" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">THE LEAVING SEASON</a></h3><blockquote>"[Kelly McMasters's] story is one of a kind and yet pieces feel familiar: the gradual estrangement, the power imbalances, the anguish around the decision to stay or go, and the surprising discovery that, as a single mother, ‘the load felt lighter, the house brighter.’ This book, written by a complete stranger, made me feel a sense of community. What a profound gift." — Maggie Smith, author of You Could Make This Place Beautiful</blockquote><blockquote>"Kelly McMasters lays bare the vast, unchartable difference between the way things look from the outside and the experience of being inside a marriage, a painting, a place, a home. Anyone who has ever had to step outside of a picture in order to see it clearly will recognize the grief and triumph of her choices." — Gina Frangello, author of Blow Your House Down: A Story of Family, Feminism, and Treason</blockquote><blockquote>"﻿Heart-wrenching and nuanced.… Kelly McMasters is a brave memoirist, walking us on a tightrope through the loss of a job, a city, a marriage, a bookstore, a farmhouse, and her interior life as she gains children, community, fiscal security, wisdom, and independence. She shows us how when our dreams unravel, we may restitch them anew. " — Emily Raboteau, author of Searching for Zion</blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><h3>ABOUT THE AUTHORS</h3><a href="https://aaronhamburger.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Aaron Hamburger</a> was awarded the Rome Prize by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for his collection of stories, The View from Stalin’s Head. He is the author of two previous novels, <a href="https://www.ptknitwear.com/item/KUiuj9yeH6bGCQ5r9BOv7Q" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Faith for Beginners</a>, a Lambda Literary Award nominee, and <a href="https://www.ptknitwear.com/item/uyrVlhUD-lt-SD5MR-gZVA" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nirvana is Here</a>, a Bronze Medal winner in the 2019 Foreword Indies Awards. He has won fellowships from Yaddo, Djerassi, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and the Edward F. Albee Foundation, and taught creative writing at Columbia University, George Washington University, New York University, and the Stonecoast MFA Program. His work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Village Voice, Tablet, Tin House, and O, the Oprah Magazine.<a href="https://www.kellymcmasters.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kelly McMasters</a> is the author of <a href="https://www.ptknitwear.com/item/SywMVBO--9e0H1SUAb9IVQ" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Welcome to Shirley</a>, an Orion Book Award finalist, and coeditor of the anthologies <a href="https://www.ptknitwear.com/item/lUy-ceNRsMVr7PJv07Fpfg" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">This Is the Place</a>, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and the forthcoming <a href="https://www.ptknitwear.com/item/-2678iiMGVcWcrl_mt0nSg" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Wanting: Women Writing About Desire</a>. She lives in Long Island, New York.

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