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An epic story, set against the backdrop of World War I, from bestselling author Anita Shreve.
When an American woman, Stella Bain, is found suffering from severe shell shock in an exclusive garden in London, surgeon August Bridge and his wife selflessly agree to take her in.
A gesture of goodwill turns into something more as Bridge quickly develops a clinical interest in his houseguest. Stella had been working as a nurse's aide near the front, but she can't remember anything prior to four months earlier when she was found wounded on a French battlefield.
In a narrative that takes us from London to America and back again, Shreve has created an engrossing and wrenching tale about love and the meaning of memory, set against the haunting backdrop of a war that destroyed an entire generation.
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“Hope Davis brings an almost painful clarity to Stella’sconviction that she must have done something terrible before she got theshrapnel wounds that hospitalized her. Davis makes each new memory revelationsignificant. The shock in her voice is palpable…An engrossing listen.”
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“Engrossing…Shreve’s vividly told tale captures the deep-seated fears of mortality and loneliness that can drive us to test the bounds of family and forgiveness.”
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“Tragic yet hopeful…Shreve’s thoughtful, provocative, historical tale has modern resonance.”
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“As usual, [Shreve’s] plot-lines and domestic drama do not disappoint.”
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“An exemplary addition to Shreve’s already impressive oeuvre.”
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Fans of Anita Shreve will likely devour this new novel...
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[Rescue] is Shreve at her best, looking at a family tragedy and the events that caused those involved to reevaluate their past and to find the courage to possibly change their lives.
— Associated Press
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About Anita Shreve
Anita Shreve is the acclaimed author of more than a dozen novels, including Rescue; A Change in Altitude; Testimony; The Pilot’s Wife, which was a selection of Oprah’s Book Club; and The Weight of Water, which was a finalist for England’s Orange Prize.
About Hope Davis
Hope Davis, an actress and Earphones Award–winning narrator, has starred in more than twenty feature films, including Arlington Road, American Splendor, and Next Stop Wonderland. Also an accomplished stage actress, she earned a Tony Award nomination for her performance in the Broadway play God of Carnage. She was voted Best Actress in 2003 by the New York Film Critics.