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· Jean Zimmerman, author of "The Orphanmaster," talks about the challenges of writing about women, from an historical perspective. For more on Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins. The Orphanmaster by Jean Zimmerman. In 17th century New Amsterdam (present day New York City), orphans are disappearing. Few citizens are concerned about them; they are, after all, little more than indentured servants or homeless miscreants. · In this follow-up to her acclaimed debut, The Orphanmaster, Zimmerman offers a fanciful and occasionally surreal take on a Gilded Age New York that is reminiscent of Caleb Carr’s The Alienist or even Edgar Allan Poe. Most of the novel is narrated by Hugo recounting events in an extended flashback, which feels jarring and out of place.
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Jean Zimmerman is the author The Orphanmaster and several works of nonfiction, including Love Fiercely, a portrait of an iconic couple of Gilded Age Manhattan, and The Women of the House. Born in Tarrytown, New York, she is a graduate of Barnard College and Columbia University School of the Arts. She lives in Ossining, New York. For those who like American history and crime, Jean Zimmerman’s debut historical novel, “Orphan Master,” is about as good as it gets. On one hand, Zimmerman has crafted a winning plot of evil spirits, witches, cannibalism, and missing orphan children on the North American Continent in in what’s now Manhattan New York, then New Amsterdam, a Dutch colony. Jean Zimmerman, author of "The Orphanmaster," talks about the challenges of writing about women, from an historical perspective. For more on "The Orphanmaster" visit her website. Jeff Glor. Jeff.