The Gilded Hour
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The Gilded Hour
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Narrated by:
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Cassandra Campbell
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Sara Donati
About this listen
The internationally best-selling author of Into the Wilderness makes her highly anticipated return with a remarkable epic about two female doctors in 19th-century New York and the transcendent power of courage and love.
The year is 1883, and in New York City it's a time of dizzying splendor, crushing poverty, and tremendous change. With the gravity-defying Brooklyn Bridge nearly complete and New York in the grips of antivice crusader Anthony Comstock, Anna Savard and her cousin, Sophie - both graduates of the Woman's Medical School - treat the city's most vulnerable, even if doing so may put everything they've strived for in jeopardy.
Anna's work has placed her in the path of four children who have lost everything, just as she herself once had. Faced with their helplessness, Anna must make an unexpected choice between holding on to the pain of her past and letting love into her life.
For Sophie, an obstetrician and the orphaned daughter of free people of color, helping a desperate young mother forces her to grapple with the oath she took as a doctor - and thrusts her and Anna into the orbit of Comstock, a dangerous man who considers himself the enemy of everything indecent and of anyone who dares to defy him.
With its vivid depictions of old New York and its enormously appealing characters, The Gilded Hour is a captivating, emotionally gripping novel that proves Sara Donati is an author at the height of her powers.
©2015 Sara Donati (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc.What listeners say about The Gilded Hour
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- Anonymous User
- 04-05-2024
The Gilded Hour
could not put this book down. Sara Donati is a magnificent writer. Can't wait to start the following part of the story.
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- Rowena61
- 04-10-2024
Very enjoyable read
The Gilded Hour is set in 1880’s Manhattan. It follows the lives of two female cousins who are both doctors. There is love, heartbreak and joy as well as very interesting view into how challenging life could be for women in a world where men controlled the laws and social morays with regard to women’s reproductive organs. It also touches on the plight of abandoned or orphaned children, particularly immigrant children. I thoroughly enjoyed The Gilded Hour. If you enjoy historical novels about families and their lives you will enjoy this.
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- G from OZ
- 23-07-2024
Great rambling yarn
Wonderful engrossing story of two intelligent women, their relationships & families. Shame the narrator could not pronounce ‘plait’ properly, (the hairstyle is ‘platt’) but otherwise the narration was excellent. Can’t wait to read book 2 in the series.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-01-2023
Enjoyable read
There’s a lot of detail in this book, great story with interesting characters
Look forward to reading the next book in the series
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- Mrs. Revati Sangoski
- 27-06-2023
Wonderful tale
Thank you fir this amazing story of history, love and adventure with ancestors from Paradise. I loved it.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-01-2024
A quality read
Sara does not disappoint. And a lovely connection to the Endless Forest series. More please.
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- Donna Tukariri
- 19-07-2024
The journey of the individual characters was clearly defined
I really enjoyed both the storyline and the performance
The characters were developed well throughout, intertwining without causing confusion
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- Anonymous User
- 26-11-2020
Wonderful story
Sara Donati is a magical author. Her series of books about this family starting with Into The Wilderness have been a joy to read and now this one, a joy to listen to. I didn’t want it to end. The narrator does a superb job. Highly recommend.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-10-2020
WOW!
Captivated me from beginning to end. Looking forward to its sequel "where the light enters
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-01-2024
Great read
Sensitive topic, well researched and written. Will re-read at a later date. A topic that could well relate to today’s society.
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