Did you know that tango can heal a broken heart?

It saved writer/dancer Maria Finn, who will be reading from her new memoir, Hold Me Tight and Tango Me Home on Thursday February 25, at 6:30 PM at the The Meat Hook/Brooklyn Kitchen Labs (100 Frost Street).

There will also be a tango lesson, wine tasting and Argentinean snacks.

How’s that for a great way to promote a book?

When Finn discovered that her husband was cheating, she threw him out. Then she cried. Then she signed up for tango lessons.

It turns out that tango has a lot to teach about understanding love and loss, about learning how to follow and how to lead, how to live with style and flair, take risks, and sort out what it is you really want. As Maria’s world begins to revolve around the friendships she makes in dance class and the milongas (social dances) she attends regularly in New York City, we discover with her the fascinating culture, history, music, moves, and beauty of the Argentine tango.

With each new dance step she learns the embrace, the walk, the sweep, the exitóshe is one step closer to returning to the world of the living.

Eventually Maria travels to Buenos Aires, the birthplace of tango, and finds the confidence to try romance again.