Sculptress

From acclaimed author V.S. Yet even here, amid the clatter of horse-drawn carriages and automobiles, it is impossible to ignore the war raging across Europe. Alexander comes an absorbing, immersive novel set during World War I, as a talented and ambitious artist finds an unusual calling.May 1917: The elegant streets of Boston are thousands of miles away from the carnage of the Western Front.

Emma, a sculptress, has stayed behind, pursuing her art despite being dismissed by male critics. Emma Lewis Swan's husband, Tom, has gone to France, eager to do his duty as a surgeon. On the bustling sidewalk she spies a returned soldier.

His brutally scarred face inspires first pity, and then something more--a determination to use her skill to make masks for disfigured soldiers.Leaving Boston for France also means leaving behind Linton Bower, a