WINNER of CBC Canada ReadsFinalist for the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction and the OLA Evergreen Award#1 National BestsellerWhen the Second World War broke out, Ralph MacLean chose to escape his troubled life on the Magdalen Islands in eastern Canada and volunteer to serve his country overseas. Meanwhile, in Vancouver, Mitsue Sakamoto saw her family and her stable community torn apart after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.Like many young Canadian soldiers, Ra