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It s 1939, and Canada is on the cusp of entering World War II. Cornelia is a seventeen-year-old farm girl and has been heartbroken for five years since her mother died. While Cornelia struggles with a new tragedy and another reason to reject her parent s faith, a mysterious visitor appears in her hour of desperation. Cornelia is alone and carrying a heavy secret, and she makes a desperate choice that will haunt her for years to come. Never telling a soul, she pours out the painful events of the war in her diary."