Margaret Sherwood 
Worn Doorstep [PDF ebook] 

The toll exacted by the widespread carnage of World War I is examined on a human scale in the moving novella The Worn Doorstep. It recounts the wartime travails of a young American woman whose English beau was one of the early casualties of the conflict. She retreats to the cottage of some family friends and sets about contemplating how best to serve others who have faced similarly devastating losses.