Addison Armstrong
Addison Armstrong is a licensed elementary teacher and Vanderbilt University graduate with a B.S. in Elementary Education and Language & Literacy studies and an M.Ed in Reading Education with an ESL endorsement.
Upon graduation from her undergraduate program at Vanderbilt University, Addison was awarded the Dorothy J. Skeel Award for Outstanding Professional Promise in Elementary Education. Addison went on to get her Master’s of Education from Vanderbilt University and currently teaches English language learners in Nashville, TN.
About the Book…
In the spirit of The Orphan Train and Before We Were Yours, a historical debut about a nurse who chooses to save a baby's life, and risks her own in the process, exploring the ties of motherhood and the little-known history of Coney Island and America's first incubators.
A nurse's choice. A daughter's search for answers.
New York City, 1926. Nurse Althea Anderson's heart is near breaking when she witnesses another premature baby die at Bellevue Hospital. So when she reads an article detailing the amazing survival rates of babies treated in incubators in an exhibit at Luna Park, Coney Island, it feels like the miracle she has been searching for. But the doctors at Bellevue dismiss Althea and this unconventional medicine, forcing her to make a choice between a baby's life and the doctors' wishes that will change everything.
Twenty-five years later, Stella Wright is falling apart. Her mother has just passed, she quit a job she loves, and her marriage is struggling. Then she discovers a letter that brings into question everything she knew about her mother and everything she knows about herself.
The Light of Luna Park is a tale of courage and an ode to the sacrificial love of mothers.
Addison Armstrong
