The Lioness of Boston by Emily Franklin

Inspired by Boston’s famous Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, author Emily Franklin portrays Isabella Stewart Gardner as the strong, quirky, determined, brash and ahead-of-her-time person she was. She triumphed over loss and the rejection of upper-class Boston society, to leave a mansion showcasing her vast collection of old masters, antiques and objects d’art “for the education and enjoyment of the public forever.”

Author Emily Franklin, a writer of many genres, shares with me the ways that writing this way hones her craft, and also discusses her fascination with the themes of memory and what we keep.

Read my interview withThe Lioness of Boston author Emily Franklin