Rather than focusing on medical professionals, though, Bell positions his narrative as a romance between a young volunteer and an injured soldier.
Haligonian publisher Gerald Weir released the small novella which is today relegated to rare book collections and archival holdings; original copies are worth several hundred dollars apiece.
Much of the interest surrounding this book likely arises from the rare photographs which appear on every other page, as well as a detailed list of the dead and a fold out map which are included at the end of the novella.
Shortly before the explosion, Tom returns to Halifax, Nova Scotia, for orthopaedic surgery for a war wound.
As a volunteer with the Voluntary Aid Division, Vera darts to the hospital only in time to witness Will's death and her liberation from the marriage which was to occur later that day.