The Lives of Stella Bain
The Lives of Stella Bain
Anita Shreve
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Summary
Hauled in a cart to a field hospital in northern France in March 1916, an American woman wakes from unconsciousness to the smell of gas gangrene, the sounds of men in pain, and an almost complete loss of memory: she knows only that she can drive an ambulance, she can draw, and her name is Stella Bain.
A stateless woman in a lawless country, Stella embarks on a journey to reconstruct her life. Suffering an agonising and inexplicable array of symptoms, she finds her way to London. There, Dr August Bridge, a cranial surgeon turned psychologist, is drawn to tracking her amnesia to its source. What brutality was she fleeing when she left the tranquil seclusion of a New England college campus to serve on the Front; for what crime did she need to atone - and whom did she leave behind?
Vivid, intense and gripping, packed with secrets and revelations, The Lives of Stella Bain is at once a ravishing love story and an intense psychological mystery.
Product Description
Title - The Lives of Stella Bain
Edition -
Author - Anita Shreve
ISBN 13 - 9780349123578
Imprint - Abacus
Publisher - Little, Brown Book Group
Date Published - 11/09/2014
Prize -
No. of pages -
Binding Type - Paperback
Dimensions - 132 x 195 x 22mm
Weight - 220 g
Languages - English