The Book Stall (811 Elm street in Winnetka) is excited to host author Margaret Hutton on Wednesday, November 19 at 6:30 pm for a discussion with Nash Jenkins, featuring her new book, If You Leave. This engrossing debut novel is an intimate, immersive story exploring motherhood, love, and art, as three women carve a wayward path toward reconciliation. The event is free with registration. 

More about the Author: Margaret Hutton's fiction has appeared in The Sun, The South Carolina Review, The Chattahoochee Review, The Antioch Review, and Abundant Grace. She graduated with honors in creative writing from UNC-Chapel Hill and holds an MFA from George Mason University. A native North Carolinian and former environmental reporter, she now divides her time between the Washington, DC, area and her art studio in Chester County, Pennsylvania. 

About our Conversation Partner: Nash Jenkins is the author of Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos. His cultural commentary has also been published by the Atlantic. He received his MA from the University of Chicago in 2019 and is currently a PhD student in the program Media, Technology, and Society at Northwestern University. He lives in Chicago.