Now to the question: I am a long-winded storyteller. It means a great deal to any historical novelist when thoughtful readers take note of the research that goes into making a time and place come back to life. Savard’s stories? Is it usually clear early on that you’re working with a series? Sara Donati:įirst, let me thank you for this wonderful and generous review. Can you tell us how you made the decision to continue Drs.
I always like to start by asking about inspiration, but with WHERE THE LIGHT ENTERS, I think it’s safe to say the inspiration was that this is a sequel. Please join me in welcoming the lovely Sara Donati to the author interview series. Love, love the medical piece to WHERE THE LIGHT ENTERS, and it’s almost a relief to see such bright, enterprising women in fiction, especially given the historical time period. Sophie Savard’s grief, her mission to help those less fortunate, a legal case, and so much more.
Keep in mind this is a large book–easily two to three times your ‘average’ novel.There are many characters and plot lines to keep track of, from orphaned Italian immigrant children to the murder cases, the medical student’s journey, Dr. “Lushly written…Exemplary historical fiction, boasting a heroine with a real and tangible presence.” Punctuated throughout the narrative are maps, letters, newspaper articles, medical notes, more, which helps break it up. There’s even a cameo of the Dakota apartment building during its construction, which I so enjoyed. The world of 1880s NYC is so vivid in WHERE THE LIGHT ENTERS, and Donati is a beautiful, talented, and highly observant writer these pages absolutely came to life with her ease of dialogue, knowledge and expertise of historical settings, medical procedures and terminology, and more the reading of THERE THE LIGHT ENTERS is very cinematic I was entralled. Anna Savard, she plans to continue her work with women who come from the darker side of life.īut there have been a rash of murders–specifically–women who have been ripped open with curious wounds to the uterus.Clearly, the person responsible has some medical knowledge? But who? And why? With the help of her cousin, dear friend, and fellow physician, Dr.
Sophie Savard returns home to the achingly familiar rhythms of Manhattan in the spring of 1884to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. Now, WHERE THE LIGHT ENTERS (Berkley, September 10 2019) is a glorious, sweeping sequel to her THE GILDED HOUR(2016) and I immensely enjoyed this historical fiction. From the international bestselling author of THE GILDED HOUR, this epic historical fiction about two female doctors set in NYC 1880s will enthrall and capture your heart.įrom 1998 to 2011, Sara Donati changed the landscape of historical fiction when she brought readers to the Wilderness series, introducing six historical novels following the Bonner family through upstate New York.
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