Giant's Bread
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Giant's Bread (published in 1930) is a tragedy novel written by Agatha Christie. It is the first of six novels Christie published under the nom-de-plume Mary Westmacott.
[edit] Plot
Musical genius Vernon Deyre marries his childhood sweetheart Nell only to fall for the beautiful Jane. Devoting his life to writing his great masterpiece, the lives of his lovers collide on a drowning ship, where he can only save one.
After making his choice, Deyre fades away, caught between his passion for his music, and his knowledge that the woman he saved was not the woman he loved.