Where the Light Enters, Sara Donati
Where the Light Enters, Sara Donati
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Where the Light Enters

Author: Sara Donati

Narrator: Kate Reading

Unabridged: 26 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/10/2019

Synopsis

From the internationally bestselling author of The Gilded Hour comes Sara Donati’s enthralling epic about two trailblazing female doctors in nineteenth-century New York.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. 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.As 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. In New York it seems that the advancement of women has brought out the worst in some men. Unable to ignore the plight of New York’s less fortunate, these intrepid cousins draw on all resources to protect their patients.

About Sara Donati

Sara Donati, pen name of Rosina Lippi, is the internationally bestselling author of the Wilderness series, which includes Into the Wilderness, Dawn on a Distant Shore, Lake in the Clouds, Fire along the Sky, Queen of Swords, and The Endless Forest. The Gilded Hour books follow the story of the descendants of the characters from the Wilderness series.

About Kate Reading

Kate Reading, named an AudioFile Golden Voice, has recorded hundreds of audiobooks across many genres, over a thirty–year plus career and won the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration. Among other awards, she has been recognized as an AudioFile Magazine Voice of the Century, Narrator of the Year, Best Voice in Science Fiction and Fantasy, and winner of an Publisher’s Weekly’s Listen-Up Award. She records at her home studio, Madison Productions, Inc., in Maryland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Miranda on April 16, 2021

The dead were not silent, if you knew how to listen.Dr Anna Savard and Dr Sophie Savard are best friends and each other's closest cousins. Sophie just came back from a harrowing journey - one that forever changed her. ...the trip to Europe as a bride was hazy in her memory, but she wo......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on September 04, 2019

While Where the Light Enters is a follow-up to Donati’s previous novel, The Gilded Hour, this beautiful book can stand on its own. Dr. Sophie Savard is an obstetrician returning to Manhattan in the late 1800s. Her husband has passed away, and in many ways, she is starting over. Sophie’s dear cousin, A......more

Goodreads review by Celia on September 07, 2019

There are 661 pages in this book and almost as many characters (just kidding). DO NOT BE INTIMIDATED. This book is that good. A wonderful historical fiction that centers on two cousins that are women and doctors. And yes, the year is 1884. I had no idea that there were female doctors in that year. (S......more

Goodreads review by Annette on June 29, 2020

I’m in the minority as this book has very good reviews. It comes down to if you like descriptive writing. I don’t. The overly-done confusing descriptions and some sounding very simple like a grocery list were not for me. This style of writing makes the pace very slow for me.......more

Goodreads review by Zoe on September 09, 2019

Multilayered, fascinating, and incredibly absorbing! Where the Light Enters is a gritty, compelling tale set in New York City in the mid-1880s at a time when the island was bustling, female doctors were still discounted and frowned upon, reproduction and childbirth still had high mortality rates, and......more

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“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.” Booklist (starred review)

“Elegant prose, entrancing era descriptions, and occasional bits of wit add to the impact. This is a riveting medical mystery.” Publishers Weekly

“Donati’s compelling prose explores ethnic and religious differences of the time. Readers will find themselves lost in late nineteenth-century New York City, from the orphanages to the practice of medicine and the court system.” Library Journal

“Detectives, doctors, and dastardly scoundrels abound in this fascinating historical novel.” Kirkus Reviews

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