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My name is Rosina Lippi. I'm a former academic and tenured university professor, writing full time since 2000. Under the pen name Sara Donati I am the author of the Wilderness series, six historical novels that follow the fortunes of a group of families living in upstate New York from about 1792-1825. A new series based on later generations of the same families was launched September 1, 2015 with The Gilded Hour. The next volume in the new series, Where the Light Enters, was released in 2019.
Please see the pinned post for an overview of what you'll find on this weblog, and what has been moved to the wiki (including the FAQ page).
Wise Guys
If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn’t expecting it.
— H.G. Wells (attributed), Sir Osbert Sitwell
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Wonderful!
Congrats! That’s a great title. :)
A very fitting title I think, to wind it all up.
Perfect! Just perfect!
Congrats!
I love it!
I like the title. It gives the impression that although the books are coming to an end, the characters and their stories will live on in our imaginations.
Sounds like a prefect title for the end of this amazing series. Love the new website layout too, it’s beautiful.
Works for me. any cover art yet?
Above, it was mentioned the new title would be appropriate to end the series….is novel #6 the last in this series, or are there more stories to tell about the Bonners and their extended families?I would be interested to know the author’s plans on this. AND I sure to hate to wait til next year to read the rest!!Laura Bateman
Firstly i would like to say how great i think all your novels are. i fell in love with the wilderness series and have since past on all the books i own to everyone and anyone who will listen to me rave on about them. Baited breath for the release of the 6th!I recently found tied to the tracks in the book store and as im from nz it was under the pen name Sara Donati and i just had to buy and read it. I loved it off course. At the end of the book it has a page on the wilderness series. It stated that book six was called “Journeys End” and was due out here in Nov 2008. Im confused!
really really love it. Stays true to the series and brings it all full circle to the first novel. Big thumbs up from me!!!
Awesome title – looking forward to it, no matter when.