Sara donati the gilded hour
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The Gilded Hour
The plot follows the evolution of a family of upper-class(ish) women in 19th Century New York as they encounter, and are changed by, the lives teeming in the city around them. It's difficult to go into much detail without giving away the story but, essentially, two hona doctors -- cousins -- in the early years of women's medical practice in the United States, find themselves embroiled in controversies and conspiracies arising from hypocrisies that are both uniquely Victorian, and sadly applicable to the age we live in now. Along the way they meet housewives, nurses, charming police detectives, printers (also charming), ambulance drivers, ambulance chasers,
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Review of The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati
ICYMI: This is excellent, layered historical fiction with memorable characters and a great big story to dive into on a hot summer's day.
I loved this and felt like it was the perfect 750-page summertime book to dig into.
Donati shapes a story in nineteenth century New York City based upon an unconventionally built family and a broad surrounding cast of characters--and it's all centered around independent women with unconventional women's roles in society at the time.
The Gilded Hour explores how these women's abilities and constraints intersect with women's rights of the time period, social responsibility, and conventions, all in an immensely readable book rich in period detail, great dialogue, and satisfying elements of love, mystery, and searches for justice.
This may be unfair and I may feel this way only because I spent so many happy hours in the lovely company of these characters and co