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1914. Young talented violinist Olena and her brother Vitaly leave Ukraine and go to the country of true freedom. Canada welcomes them uncomfortably. The war has begun, and they find themselves among the families of prisoners in the Spirit Lake camp. Fate forces Olena to make decisions that will radically affect her future.
A meeting with Alexander Lavallée turns her whole life upside down. After all, despite the war, there are still happy people in this world. Does she have the right to dream? The forbidden love of Ukrainian Olena and Canadian Alexander causes contempt in her environment. In the minds of the people, they are now cursed lovers…
At the beginning of the First World War, the Canadian government, spurred by the growing xenophobia of the population, created twenty-four internment camps across the country, only two of which could accept families of prisoners, including the Spirit Lake camp in Abitibi. Turks, Germans and a lot of Ukrainians were held there. It is in this little-known place that the events of Claire Bergeron’s fascinating and moving novel take place.