It's 1943. Enman and Una Greene are newly married. Each is haunted by
their respective pasts, and each harbours secrets. They have hopes of a
happy life together--though they have little idea how to create such a
life.
Enman brings Una to his childhood home in rural Barrein, Nova Scotia,
where he hopes they will stay. Una is restless and feeling increasingly
trapped, and longs for the city life she once had. Una meets a
mysterious man, and then a body washes up on a beach. There are rumours
of German sailors roaming the dunes. When the Greenes receive the news
they have been waiting for, and that Una is convinced will save her and
her marriage, she begins to unravel in ways neither is prepared for.
From critically acclaimed and bestselling author Carol Bruneau comes an
achingly honest portrait of a marriage in a time of war--and an
examination of how it is that we come to know ourselves.