sequel to the gilded hour by sara donati

Sara Donati’s latest set piece is a sprawling novel, set in the nineteenth-century, in New York. However, based on my enjoyment of Donati’s writing, I have made it a priority to put The Gilded Hour, along with the Into the Wilderness series on the top of my reading list. I would have loved to have read The Gilded Hour, prior to Where the Light Enters, but unfortunately my current schedule didn’t allow this to happen. Where the Light Enters is the follow on novel to The Gilded Hour, published by Sara Donati in 2015.

I was really looking forward to delving into this novel. Where the Light Enters is concerned with the stories we seldom get to hear, about women, immigrants, the right to education, life as an orphan, females in medicine and women’s health – among other major themes.

Something about this personalised and passionate letter sang to me as a big historical fiction fan. I write historical fiction because there are so many stories that have gone untold, and I feel compelled to share them.” You can’t write historical fiction if you don’t do everything in your power to understand the way people once lived their lives. You cannot write stories if you don’t immerse yourself in stories. My introduction to the work of historical fiction novelist Sara Donati (the pen name for Rosina Lippi) began with a beautifully crafted and thoughtful letter to the reader. įrom the international bestselling author of The Gilded Hour comes Sara Donati’s enthralling epic about two trailblazing female doctors in nineteenth-century New York.

And Sophie and Anna are soon drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. In New York it seems that the advancement of women has brought out the worst in some men. With the help of Dr Anna Savard, her dearest friend, cousin, and fellow physician, she plans to continue her work aiding the disadvantaged women society would rather forget.Īs Sophie sets out to construct a new life for herself, Anna’s husband, Detective Sergeant Jack Mezzanotte calls on them both to consult on two new cases: the wife of a prominent banker has disappeared into thin air, and the corpse of a young woman is found with baffling wounds that suggest a killer is on the loose. Obstetrician Dr Sophie Savard returns home to the achingly familiar rhythms of Manhattan in the early spring of 1884 to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. In this spellbinding historical epic, Sara Donati (bestselling author of the Wilderness series) combines romance and mystery to tell the story of two pioneering women in nineteenth-century Manhattan.

Sequel to the gilded hour by sara donati