As she brings the sights, sounds, smells, and social mores of 1884 New York into sharp focus, Donati creates a timely tale of the past that illuminates the ongoing struggle for women’s reproductive rights and sheds light on the passionate, centuries-long fight over abortion. Is her death linked to a serial killer thought dead? Time is of the essence when a beloved society matron goes missing is she another victim? Mourning her beloved Cap, widowed Sophie takes up the responsibilities of administering his estate and founds a medical school for women of color, while also dealing with issues faced by orphaned children. Anna’s Italian American detective husband investigates the case of a postpartum deceased woman who was left at the door of a hospital and appears to have been drugged and held captive for a lengthy time.
Taking up the story begun in The Gilded Hour (2015), Donati extends the experiences of the Savard cousins, Anna and Sophie, both physicians, one white and one multiracial, and the diverse individuals who become their family, ratcheting up the suspense. Donati’s saga of a New York family in the 1880s, with its exquisitely realized characters, is apt to inspire repeated readings. 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. Carrie Ballentyne is a girl when her life is upended and she must leave Paradise, a small town in the great forests of northern New York State. It is set primarily in New Mexico Territory in 1857. 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. About the new novel: THE SWEET BLUE DISTANCE is a historical novel to be published by Berkley/Penguin in 2024. sort by Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. 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. Books by Sara Donati (Author of Into the Wilderness) Books by Sara Donati Sara Donati Average rating 4.22 129,126 ratings 8,278 reviews shelved 289,053 times Showing 22 distinct works.
This spellbinding historical epic tells the story of two trailblazing female doctors in nineteenth-century Manhattan. She was a little sad to leave Genoa before she had seen the inside of a single palace or walked in any gardens. From Sara Donati, the author of the acclaimed Wilderness series, comes the enthralling sequel to her bestseller The Gilded Hour.
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