'The Winter Sisters' Digs Into Southern Folklore And Antebellum Medicine

The Winter Sisters is a historical fiction novel set in
Lawrenceville, Georgia in 1822. When a self-righteous doctor
arrives in the tiny, backwater town eager to treat what he believes
could be an impending rabies epidemic, he’s shocked to discover
citizens favoring folk remedies over the methods he believes cures
disease – namely bloodletting, amputations, and copious amounts of
ether. Westover’s second novel is a cinematic tale weaving
deeply-researched historical facts on early 19th century medicine
and language, alongside richly imagined fantasies of Southern
folklore come to life. He joined On Second Thought to talk about
how he finds those stories.