{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"From Greenhaven to Jordan\u2019s Bitter Pill: The Evolving Worlds of Luca Di Matteo","description":"Luca Di Matteo returns to the Connecticut Book Festivals podcast to celebrate his new novel, Jordan\u2019s Bitter Pill, and to share the inspiring story behind the fast-growing Connecticut Book Festivals community. Luca introduces Jordan\u2019s Bitter Pill as a contemporary novel about Jordan, a young doctor from a sheltered, middle-class background who chooses an inner-city residency. There, she meets patients forced to choose between healthcare and basic needs, a reality that reshapes her values and career path. Instead of taking a lucrative job, Jordan opens a practice in the neighborhood\u2014but because she\u2019s an outsider, trust doesn\u2019t come easily. Her creative attempts to help patients skirt the medical\u2013legal line a bit too closely, attracting an ambitious prosecutor and putting her on trial. The heart of the story, Luca explains, isn\u2019t just healthcare\u2014it\u2019s community, family, and doing what\u2019s right, even when it\u2019s risky. Jed and Luca talk about authenticity in storytelling, Luca\u2019s years in medical practice, and how readers are seeing themselves in his characters\u2014proof, for him, that he got it right. The conversation then shifts to Connecticut Book Festivals, which has exploded from a handful of authors to nearly 600 Connecticut writers, offering free membership and growing opportunities. Luca also shares the vision behind Shattered Ceiling Press, a new publishing venture focused on keeping more money and rights in authors\u2019 hands. Throughout the episode, Jed and Luca highlight their shared mission: lifting up authors, building community, and helping readers discover their next favorite read\u2014often right in their own backyard. ","author_name":"Connecticut Book Festivals Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/558800","html":"