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This episode features a conversation with author Jennifer Wright about her historical fiction novel 'Last Light Over Galveston' and its themes of women's empowerment and resilience during a natural disaster.

Historical fiction meets raw human resilience in this rich conversation with award-winning author Jennifer Wright on this episode of the True Fiction Project. Jennifer’s book, Last Light Over Galveston , centers on women's empowerment during the turn of the century, following a young woman who defies her wealthy family in search of purpose, only to find herself stranded in Galveston as a monster hurricane bears down. Jennifer reveals how writing fiction based on real historical events gives readers the empathy that dry textbooks simply cannot. From her journalism roots to her life as an Air Force wife abroad, Jennifer brings an outsider's curiosity and an insider's discipline to every story she tells. Tune in to hear an excerpt of the book to when the character Kathleen arrives in Galveston, contemplating a decision as she arrives at the ocean. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: Why historical fiction is one of the most powerful tools for helping readers connect emotionally with real historical events, and how award-winning author Jennifer Wright uses storytelling to bring the human side of history to life in ways that journalism and textbooks simply cannot. How women's…

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Host: Reenita Hora

Guest: Jennifer Wright

Topics covered

• historical fiction
• women's empowerment
• natural disasters
• storytelling
• empathy in literature

Keywords

• historical fiction
• women's empowerment
• hurricane
• Galveston
• storytelling
• empathy
• turn of the century

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Last Light Over Galveston

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