In the spirit of The Orphan Train and Before We Were Yours, a historical debut about a nurse who chooses to save a baby\'s life, and risks her own in the process, exploring the ties of motherhood and the little-known history of Coney Island and America\'s first incubators.
In the spirit of The Orphan Train and Before We Were Yours, a histo.
The Light of Luna Park is a tale of courage and an ode to the sacrificial love of mothers.
Then she discovers a letter that brings into question everything she knew about her mother, and everything she knows about herself.
Her mother has just passed, she quit a job she loves, and her marriage is struggling.
Twenty-five years later, Stella Wright is falling apart.
But the doctors at Bellevue dismiss Althea and this unconventional medicine, forcing her to make a choice between a baby\'s life and the doctors\' wishes that will change everything.
So when she reads an article detailing the amazing survival rates of babies treated in incubators in an exhibit at Luna Park, Coney Island, it feels like the miracle she has been searching for.
Nurse Althea Anderson\'s heart is near breaking when she witnesses another premature baby die at Bellevue Hospital.
New York City, 1926.
A daughter\'s search for answers.
A nurse\'s choice.
In the spirit of The Orphan Train and Before We Were Yours, a historical debut about a nurse who chooses to save a baby\'s life, and risks her own in the process, exploring the ties of motherhood and the little-known history of Coney Island and America\'s first incubators.
The Light of Luna Park is a tale of courage and an ode to the sacrificial love of mothers.
Then she discovers a letter that brings into question everything she knew about her mother, and everything she knows about herself.
Her mother has just passed, she quit a job she loves, and her marriage is struggling.
Twenty-five years later, Stella Wright is falling apart.
But the doctors at Bellevue dismiss Althea and this unconventional medicine, forcing her to make a choice between a baby\'s life and the doctors\' wishes that will change everything.
So when she reads an article detailing the amazing survival rates of babies treated in incubators in an exhibit at Luna Park, Coney Island, it feels like the miracle she has been searching for.
Nurse Althea Anderson\'s heart is near breaking when she witnesses another premature baby die at Bellevue Hospital.
New York City, 1926.
A daughter\'s search for answers.
A nurse\'s choice.
In the spirit of The Orphan Train and Before We Were Yours, a historical debut about a nurse who chooses to save a baby\'s life, and risks her own in the process, exploring the ties of motherhood and the little-known history of Coney Island and America\'s first incubators