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Sara Donati

Author of Into the Wilderness

18+ Works 8,074 Members 224 Reviews 44 Favorited

About the Author

Rosina Lippi was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 14, 1956. She received a PhD in linguistics from Princeton University. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked as a professor. She writes the Wilderness series under the pen name Sara Donati. Her title The Gilded Hour is a New York Times show more bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Sara Donati

Associated Works

Celia Garth (1950) — Foreword, some editions — 318 copies

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Legal name
Lippi-Green, Rosina
Other names
Donati, Sara
Lippi, Rosina
Birthdate
1956-01-14
Gender
female
Nationality
USA (birth)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Places of residence
Chicago, Illinois, USA (birth)
Vorarlberg, Austria
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Roselle, New Jersey, USA
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (show all 8)
Bellingham, Washington, USA
Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Education
Princeton University (PhD|Linguistics)
Occupations
professor
novelist
Short biography
Rosina Lippi was born on January 14, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. She has lived for long periods in the Austrian alps, on the East coast (where she earned a PhD in linguistics from Princeton) and Michigan. After twelve years as a tenured professor --getting up early and staying up late to write fiction-- she took heart in hand and left academia. These days she writes full time from her home on Puget Sound, where she lives with her husband (the Mathematician), their daughter (the Girlchild), Tuck and Bunny (the puppy boys) and the Girlchld's two cats. She divides her time between her next novel, family, friends, television and textile arts.

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Ms. Donato tells a good tale. The characters have dimension and the historical details seem well researched. I wince when I see an incorrect use of the word “which” when “that” is the appropriate one. My personal problem, I realize. This word choice arose frequently. It interrupted the flow for me, but I pressed on and am glad I did.
 
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bschweiger | 64 other reviews | Feb 4, 2024 |
Well-researched historical fiction, set mainly in 1880s New York City, that touches on many of the urban, social, and political issues of that time. The main character, surgeon Dr. Lilianne ("Anna") Savard, is an intelligent, independent-minded, strong woman, as is her cousin Sophie Savard, also a physician, and their Aunt Quinlan, an artist stymied by arthritis in her later years. The novel is part love story, part social commentary on issues of contraception, abortion, working conditions, bigotry, class structure, homelessness, poverty, and orphaned children.… (more)
 
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bschweiger | 30 other reviews | Feb 4, 2024 |
This second of two books in the Waverly Place duology is the continued saga of the Savard and Mezzanotte families in 1880s New York City and suburban New Jersey. I found it a little more contrived than the first book. It was murder mystery meets historical fiction meets social ills meets love story. It almost was too much. Nevertheless, still well-researched and well-written.
 
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bschweiger | 13 other reviews | Feb 4, 2024 |
Kate Reading (Narrator)
Longest drawn uot book ever, Lots of plots going on. I enjoyed it
 
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cfulton20 | 13 other reviews | Nov 13, 2023 |

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Works
18
Also by
1
Members
8,074
Popularity
#3,000
Rating
4.1
Reviews
224
ISBNs
185
Languages
8
Favorited
44

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