Book Review: Stella Bain

Stella Bain is a psychological drama that takes place in London, during World War I. The main character is a young woman who wakes up with amnesia in a battlefield hospital tent in Marne, France.  She believes her name to be Stella Bain and she has no memories before being found wounded on the battlefield, however, she does realize that she has nursing skills and is able to drive an ambulance. As she recovers from her amnesia, she returns to duty, caring for the wounded and dying at the front. 

Thanks to psychoanalysis treatment by the couple who nursed her back to health, Stella's memories return, and the reader is treated to a story of love, memory and war.


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