SARA ST. ANTOINE
Sara St. Antoine
FICTION
Coming in February 2027
"What a glorious rendering of one woman's role in the Revolutionary War! The brilliant Sara St. Antoine tells the enthralling story of the misunderstood, feisty, and talented Elizabeth "Betsey" Loring. In this brave retelling of one woman's life, St. Antoine imagines a new perspective on one young woman's place during the revolution, making Betsey an essential part of a history that rarely includes the truth about the women who built this country. A triumph!"
-- ADRIANA TRIGIANI,
New York Times bestselling author of The View from Lake Como
PRAISE FOR ELIZABETH LORING SLEPT HERE
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Sara St. Antoine's assured and compulsively readable debut takes a woman history branded a harlot and reveals the full complexity of her cunning, her resilience, and her fierce devotion as a mother. Vividly rendered, finely tended, and brilliantly woven--a reminder that women's tools have always cut just as incisively as any general's."
RACHEL HOCHHAUSER,
New York Times bestselling author of Lady Tremaine
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Mother, wife, lover, confidante--the remarkable Elizabeth Loring is all of these things at once in Sara St. Antoine's breathtaking historical novel. As a reader, I was transported into Elizabeth Loring's vivid world, traveling alongside this lesser-known historical figure from her girlhood to her infidelities to her twilight days. A powerful alchemy of the author's imagination and her meticulous attention to details, this rich novel will captivate readers from beginning to end."
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What a captivating heroine! Elizabeth Loring is by turns brave and foolish, loyal and cunning, devoted to family and perplexed by war. Over and over again, she rises to the occasion as she grapples with her husband's yearning for advancement and General Howe's yearning for her person. A bold and gripping story that never loses sight of the many constraints on a woman's life. I couldn't stop turning these pages."
S. KIRK WALSH,
national bestselling author of The Elephant of Belfast
MARGOT LIVESEY,
New York Times
bestselling author of The Road from Belhaven
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In this remarkable work of historical fiction, author Sara St. Antoine brings to life one of the most fascinating, consequential, and scandalous women of the American Revolution. . . . St. Antoine explores Patriot spy rings, coded correspondence, and clandestine meetings disguised as shopping trips. In a topsy-turvy world where families were torn apart and no one could be trusted, the timeless values of family, honor, and human decency prevail in this enthralling story."
TRACEY ENERSON WOOD
internationally and USA TODAY bestselling author of Katharine, the Wright Sister and The President's Wife
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What a glorious rendering of one woman's role in the Revolutionary War! . . . St. Antoine imagines a new perspective on one young woman's place during the revolution, making Betsey an essential part of history that rarely includes the truth about the women who built the country. A triumph!"
ADRIANA TRIGIANI,
New York Times bestselling author of The View from Lake Como
As with too many things in history, there is so much that goes untold. Here, Sara St. Antoine's Elizabeth "Betsey" Loring steps out of the shadows to show not only her side of a sordid tale but also a unique perspective on the American Revolution. This revealing, sympathetic account illustrates anew the myriad difficulties of being a woman in a man's world. Not every hero wears pants."
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THERESE ANNE FOWLER,
New York Times bestselling author of A Well-Behaved Woman
BIO
Sara St. Antoine is the author and editor of more than a dozen books for young people, including the award-winning Stories from Where We Live series. Elizabeth Loring Slept Here is her first novel for adults, inspired by the ignoble reputation and astonishing life of Elizabeth Lloyd
Loring, her first cousin six times removed. A graduate of Williams College and the Yale School of the Environment, Sara now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband, two daughters, and a spunky tabby cat named Alexander Hamilton.
CONTACT
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Lucy V. Cleland, Vice President & Senior Agent, Frances Goldin
Tel: 404-374-8175 | lvc@goldinlit.com