Wednesday, 17 December 2014

December's Read: Bailieborough Library

The Lives of Stella Baine


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.

December's Read: Cavan Library Reading Group

This month, our group will read from the body of work by William Somerset Maugham. Why not read along with us and tell us what you think by commenting here on our "Great Reads Blog"...


Click here to browse our Catalogue for all items by William Somerset Maugham
Reading Group favourites were: Of Human Bondage and The Razor’s Edge.