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.A
nurse's choice. A daughter's search for answers.New York City 1926. Nurse Althea Anderson's
heart is near breaking when she witnesses another premature baby die at Bellevue Hospital. 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.
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.Twenty-five years later Stella Wright is falling apart. Her mother has just passed
she quit a job she loves and her marriage is struggling. Then she discovers a letter that
brings into question everything she knew about her mother and everything she knows about
herself.The Light of Luna Park is a tale of courage and an ode to the sacrificial love of
mothers.
