The Education of Mrs. Bemis: A NovelA dead body floating by a pier. An elderly woman curled up on a bed in a department store. A psychiatrist searching for her own identity. These are the pieces of the puzzle that, in John Sedgwick's masterful novel of psychological suspense, begin to come into focus when Madeline Bemis is referred to the treatment of Dr. Alice Matthews at Montrose Psychiatric Hospital. Mrs. Bemis's treatment gradually peels back the layers of a disturbing past whose shameful secrets and hidden sorrows stem from the war years of the 1940s—and reveals an unexpected link to the floating corpse. Mrs. Bemis's awakening sparks an intimacy between the two women that goes beyond an ordinary doctor/patient relationship—but also makes it clear that Mrs. Bemis's recovery, and perhaps even her safety, depends on quickly coming to terms with her secret history. |
Contents
Section 19 | 223 |
Section 20 | 233 |
Section 21 | 239 |
Section 22 | 246 |
Section 23 | 248 |
Section 24 | 253 |
Section 25 | 264 |
Section 26 | 288 |
Section 9 | 105 |
Section 10 | 120 |
Section 11 | 133 |
Section 12 | 139 |
Section 13 | 149 |
Section 14 | 159 |
Section 15 | 170 |
Section 16 | 179 |
Section 17 | 192 |
Section 18 | 204 |
Section 27 | 317 |
Section 28 | 350 |
Section 29 | 363 |
Section 30 | 375 |
Section 31 | 379 |
Section 32 | 385 |
Section 33 | 391 |
Section 34 | 392 |