1933 year. Eighteen-year-old Molly Ryan dreams of becoming a journalist, but instead accepts any job to help her family survive the Great Depression. The only joy in her life is watching baseball with her best friend, Hannah, and having a secret crush on Hannah's older brother, Max, which later turns into a mutual crush. However, Canada is increasingly covered by a giant wave of anti-Semitism, fueled by Hitler's propaganda from across the ocean. For a dozen years, when the whole world was involved in the Second World War, Canadian soldiers - both Jews and Protestants - were already standing side by side against Germany, Japan and other invading powers. Canadians show dignity both on the battlefield and in Japanese captivity with its terrible tortures, and after returning home, when they, as crippled veterans, have to go through the difficult path of adaptation to peaceful life. Molly and Max find themselves at the center of events. Six years later, the Great Depression has subsided, but a new war is on the horizon...