Anne Raeff & Tom Barbash -Winter Kept Us Warm & The Dakota Winters| Author Talk

Winter is coming, West Portal. Anne Raeff is the author of Winter Kept Us Warm, now out in paperback. Opening in the harsh winter of 1946, a young German woman squats in an abandoned apartment with two American GI's. An emotional triangle is formed that will impact all three lives for decades to come. Tom Barbash is the author of The Dakota Winters. His Dakota is the iconic New York apartment building, and his Winters are a family living there. It's 1980, and Buddy Winter was a beloved late night talkshow host before a minor on-air breakdown had him walking away from it all. Now he's angling for a comeback, with the help of his son, Anton, and perhaps his neighbor, John Lennon. Barbash's novel spans a single year, and Raeff's encompasses several decades. But the novels share much in common, including themes of coming-of-age and the search for identity. They explore both love and friendship, the push and pull of home, and the ties between parent and child. And in the telling of these stories, history unfolds. Please join Anne Raeff and Tom Barbash for what should be a captivating conversation between two writers at the top of their game!