In the mud-soaked trenches of WWI, nurse Dina Little survives a chemical attack during a violent lightning storm. The freak collision of chemistry and lightning binds her mind to the living consciousness of nature.
With her thoughts and nature's sensations now one, Dina's reality fractures. Never alone within her own mind and unable to distinguish her thoughts from the natural world, she is driven to madness and committed to a remote asylum.
Within those cold stone walls, cut off from the outside world, she regains her grip on reality. Dina learns to separate her consciousness from the few creatures sharing her prison-like confines.
Framed as a personal interview, Dr. Dina Little Chronicles: The Beginning tells an intense story of survival, following her journey from normality to obscurity, from isolation to a partnership that eventually helps shape the beloved themes in children's literature.
This is the story of a woman whose bond with nature is more than legend, it is the origin of a life lived in conversation with nature.