The Edwardian era has just begun, and in the idyllic countryside outside
of London, young Rosie McCosh and her three sisters are growing up
inseparable from their neighbors, the two Pitt brothers and the three
Pendennis boys. But twelve years later, the outbreak of World War I
brings their days of youthful camaraderie to an abrupt end. In the years
that follow, these childhood pals will be scattered across Europe--from
the trenches of France to the British hospitals where the McCosh sisters
serve. Some will lose their lives, some their loved ones, some their
faith--and all of them will lose their innocence. At the center of their
stories, always, is Rosie--in love with one of her childhood friends and
beloved by another--facing the collapse of the world she has always
known, and the birth of another from its ashes. A sumptuous, sweeping,
powerfully moving work of fiction, The Dust That Falls from Dreams is
a story of profound loss and indelible hope.