Pregnant And Uninsured In Rural GA: 'When Nighttime Shadows Fall'

How social work drives a career in creative writing.

Fifty years ago, babies in the U.S. were three times more likely to die before reaching a first birthday. And the problems driving infant and maternal mortality were even worse in rural areas. Diane Cantor set out to be part of a change. She left college in the early 1970s to work for a federal program providing prenatal care to women in North Georgia. Her experiences inspired a novel called “When Nighttime Shadows Fall.” Diane Cantor lives in Savannah. We talk to her ahead of an appearance at 7 p.m., Tuesday, January 30 at A Cappella Books in Atlanta.