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PEN America Authors’ Evening with Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh will discuss her latest book Death in Her Hands, a novel of haunting metaphysical suspense about an elderly widow whose life is upturned when she finds a cryptic note on a walk in the woods that ultimately makes her question everything about her new home.
Please contact Claire Schultz at cschultz@pen.org for more information.
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