In 1919, after the end of the Great War, the men and women of Deseronto struggle to recover from the wounds of the past, both visible and hidden. Kenan, a young soldier who has returned from the war damaged and disfigured, confines himself to his house on the Bay of Quinte, wandering outside only under the cover of night. His wife, Tress, attempting to adjust to the trauma that overwhelms her husband and which has changed their marriage, seeks advice from her Aunt Maggie. Maggie finds joy in the choral society started by Lukas, a music director who has moved to the town from an unknown place in war-torn Europe. As the decade draws to a close and the lives of these characters become more entwined, each of them must decide what to share and what to hide, and how their actions will lead them into the future. Bestseller. 2014.