With its vivid descriptions of the breathtaking western landscape and its irresistible characters, The Sweet Blue Distance is the unforgettable story of one woman’s courage to heal herself, her family, and the women entrusted to her care.

 

The Sweet Blue Distance
By Sara Donati

Publication Date: 2nd April 2024

Publisher: Berkley

Page Length: 856 Pages

Genre: Historical Fiction

A young midwife travels west to the New Mexico Territory to care for women in need and faces dangers more harrowing than the ones she’s fleeing in this epic tale of survival, redemption, and love from Sara Donati, the international bestselling author of the Wilderness series.

1857: In a bid to outrun her past, Carrie Ballentyne accepts a nursing position with a doctor in the New Mexico Territory. She knows the journey from New York to Santa Fe will not be easy, but she relishes the adventure. However, nothing could have prepared her for the wilderness she encounters. Its vastness and power are awe-inspiring, stunning in both beauty and brutality. To endure, she must learn to rely on her fellow travelers—and one enigmatic man in particular. As the small, tight-knit group tackles challenge after challenge, she feels her heart opening to this rugged land—and the people willing to risk so much for one another.

The trip west is only the beginning of Carrie’s challenges, though. In Santa Fe, she compassionately helps women bring new life into the world, making her beloved among new mothers. Soon, however, she realizes that her employer and his wife are keeping secrets from her, and she must ferret out the truth to protect their young daughter. But to save the little girl she’s come to cherish, Carrie will have to confront the demons in her own past—a feat that will take all of her bravery with the help of the man she’s grown to love and depend on above all others.

With its vivid descriptions of the breathtaking western landscape and its irresistible characters, The Sweet Blue Distance is the unforgettable story of one woman’s courage to heal herself, her family, and the women entrusted to her care.

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Sara Donati 

Sara Donati is the pen name of Rosina Lippi. Rosina lives with her husband (the Mathematician) their adult daughter (once referred to as Girl Child but at the moment without a code name), Jimmy Dean (Pupper Extraordinaire), Bella Cat, and the occasional foster doggo, in the middle of an overgrown garden near the Puget Sound. She misses the East Coast and living in a city. Sara lives with them and refuses to help with dishes or answer the phone, but she is in fact working on the sequel to The Gilded Hour. You can find both of them at rosinalippi.com