Meryl chats with Sharon Gloger Friedman about historical fiction, and her recently released novel, The Other Emma. Set in the Gilded Age, a young girl assumes the identity of her wealthy adopted sister when she perishes in the Blizzard of 1888. The novel chronicles Rose’s journey from the despair of the tenements to the mansions of Fifth Avenue complicated by the weight of deception. Sharon was born and raised in South Florida and now lives in Georgia with her husband. A former English teacher who left the classroom to raise her daughter and son, she found a new career as a freelance writer and copy editor. This is Sharon’s third novel. Her first novel, Ashes, is the 2019 winner of the Next Generation Indie Book Award for Historical Fiction. Her second novel, In Freedom’s Light, takes place in eighteenth and nineteenth century Charleston and Philadelphia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sharonglogerfriedmanauthor Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/friedman_sharon LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-gloger-friedman-a1046714/ Website: https://www.sharonglogerfriedman.com People of the Book is a copyrighted work of Meryl Ain and Authors on The Air Global Radio Network. Website: merylain.com/ Jews Love To Read! https://www.facebook.com/groups/455865462463744 #AuthorsOnTheAir #AuthorsOnTheAirGlobalRadioNetwork #AOTA #SharonGlogerFriedman #HistoricalFiction #WritingProcess #TheOtherEmma #Rose #TheGildedAge #TheBlizzardOf1888 #FifthAvenue #Prostitution #Ashes #InFreedom’sLight #PeopleoftheBook #MerylAin #TheTakeawayMen #ShadowsWeCarry #RememberToEat #LetsTalkJewishBooks #JewsLoveToRead