It is The War to End All Wars, and Ena Connelly, a keenly sensory and extraordinary woman, is newly married and living on an Ontario farm. The shock of violence in far-off battlefields is echoed in a terror much closer to hand. With bold perception and remarkable self-reliance, Ena faces a dramatically altered world. Ena is self-contained, and careful not to reach too far into the turbulent emotional lives of others. As the war progresses, Ena forms a fierce bond of loyalty for Blain, the delightful but (necessarily) duplicitous boy who comes to work for her. Through Blain, she learns to extend herself in unexpected ways— to reach outside of herself, and to risk. Ena also grows closer to her sister-in-law, Sarah, a gifted painter. Sarah is unafraid of confronting emotional turmoil and passion but she doesn't have Ena's absolute clarity of purpose and aim. Ena helps Sarah move closer to the life she wants, while Sarah opens Ena to a terrible and essential kind of beauty. When studying Sarah's paintings, Ena comments that it is not the surface that matters, but rather what is underneath. The same is true of this novel — underneath the meticulous detail of daily life is the emotional landscape of persistent, courageous women, watching the violence of war in Europe (World War I) and domestic violence closer to home.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Prologue
- 1. may 1914
- 2.
- 3.
- 4. spring 1915
- 5.
- 6. september 1915
- 7. november 1915
- 8. december 1915
- 9. january 1916
- 10. march 1916
- 11. autumn 1916
- 12. november 1916
- 13.
- 14. january 1917
- 15. may 1917
- 16. summer 1917
- 17. may 1917
- 18.
- 19.
- 20.
- 21.
- 22.
- 23. october 1917
- 24.
- 25. november 1917
- 26. december 1917
- 27. 1918
- 28. january 1918
- 29.
- 30. april 1918
- 31.
- 32.
- 33. may 1918
- 34. august 26, 1918, arras
- 35. summer 1918
- 36. fall 1918
- 37.
- 38. december 1918
- 39.
- 40. spring 1918
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
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