Queens native’s new novel takes readers on
journey through Forest Park in the 1990s
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TIMESLEDGER | QNS.18 COM | APRIL 10-APRIL 16, 2020
BY BENJAMIN MANDILE
“Iphigenia Murphy,” a
novel set in 1990s Forest
Park, is a coming-of-age adventure
story is drawn from
observations by the author
Sara Hosey, who grew up in
Queens during the time period.
The novel, released by
Blackstone Publishing earlier
this month, focuses on one
girl’s journey to find her longlost
mother after fleeing an
abusive home environment,
according to Hosey. The story
is not autobiographical, but
rather is inspired by what she
observed from other young
women struggling in the last
decade of the 20th century.
The road to publishing
also had its own ups and
downs. Her initial publisher,
Animal Mineral Press (AMP),
ran out of funding, but was
able to secure her a position
with Blackstone Publishing.
Hosey said that before
AMP picked her manuscript
up, she had shopped it around
but found difficulty in finding
someone to take it.
She said that authors who
want to get published should
make sure their manuscripts
are in the “best” possible
shape before shopping it
around and that the route to
publishing is circuitous.
Her debut novel is a first
attempt at fiction, but is her
third book.
Hosey teaches full-time at
Nassau Community College
as an associate professor of
English and women and gender
studies.
While she finds it difficult
to juggle her obligations at
times, she says that as a professor
people have access to
intellectual communities for
discussions and also access to
understanding issues younger
generations are pressed
with.
Her speaking engagement
at the college was postponed
due to the current COVID-
19 pandemic. She also had
readings scheduled at local
bookstores including Kew &
Willow and Astoria Bookshop
which have been cancelled.
The book is available on
Amazon and other book retailers,
but Hosey suggested
people buy her book from
local bookstores to support
small businesses.
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