All of the historical books are thoroughly researched. I research all my books meticulously, with the invaluable help of my researcher, who has worked with me since I began my career. If youвЂ™d like to know more about this book, and my other work, published by Random House/Delacorte Press, please see my publisherвЂ™s web site for me at About the Research: I hope you like reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. There is a great deal of history, and some interesting information and important themes in this book. She recognizes in herself the Good Woman she has been all along. At the end, the burdens that have weighed her down for so long fall away, and she is free.

The labels and accusations mean nothing, her merit is in the worthy life she leads and the good she does. And as we see her evolve, and come to realize her own worth, she and we realize that being a Good Woman does not depend on what others think and say of you, but who you truly are and what you do. She pays a high price for other peopleвЂ™s opinions and mistakes. Hiding her history, cringing at the ostracism she lived through, her one instance of total honesty to a man she loves leaves her abandoned yet again. It takes her years to discover and fully understand and appreciate what a good woman she really is.

She is a good mother, a good doctor, a kind person, and honorable woman, yet if those around her knew her entire story, she would be shunned, just as she was in New York. Once again, she is punished with a label she does not deserve. And despite her earnest efforts, once again her reputation is jeopardized by a strangerвЂ™s violent act. We follow the heroineвЂ™s dedicated medical career, through the war and medical school in France. The true story of these entirely female run hospitals was an amazing discovery in the research for this book.

Before that, she had been a volunteer at Ellis Island, another fascinating and poignant place that was wonderful to learn more about in my research. Our heroine begins her medical career there. In researching the book, I discovered a fascinating Scottish woman who had not only set up a medical school for women in Scotland, but actually set up two hospitals in France, near the front, both hospitals entirely staffed by women doctors and female personnel. Divorced, with no husband, no family, thousands of miles from home, she is not only set adrift in an unfamiliar world, but she suddenly has the freedom to pursue her dream. Her passion has always been medicine, a career that was impossible for her in the aristocratic world and time in which she lived. There are other themes in the book as well. She is unjustly believed to be an adulteress, and with no other recourse, and all doors closed to her in New York, she flees to war torn France. In an attempt to right the wrong he did in marrying her, he decides to divorce her, and in the days before World War I, in New York society, her reputation is instantly destroyed. The woman in this book innocently marries a man who loves her, but has not been honest with her about himself or his life. It can happen in any era at any time, and suddenly we are left to pay the price for what others have done, although innocent ourselves. ItвЂ™s a theme that has always resonated with me-sometimes even though we do all the right things, others can believe the worst of us, and we are branded with a reputation or label we donвЂ™t deserve. The story is about a woman who leads an honorable, exemplary life, and due to other peopleвЂ™s actions, decisions, and poor choices, her reputation is destroyed. My current hardcover book is called вЂњA Good WomanвЂќ, it takes place in the early years of the 20th century, right after the sinking of the Titanic, and goes to the years after World War I. His Bright Light: The Story of Nick Traina.

The long road home danielle steele