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Visimnadtsyatyrichna Molli Rayan mriye staty zhurnalistkoyu, ale natomist′ pohodzhuyet′sya na bud′-yaku robotu, aby dopomohty svoyiy rodyni perezhyty chasy Velykoyi depresiyi. YEdynoyu radistyu v yiyi zhytti ye perehlyad beysbolu zi svoyeyu naykraschoyu podruhoyu CHannoyu i tayemna zakochanist′ u starshoho brata CHanny — Maksa, yaka potim pereroste u vzayemnu. Prote Kanadu vse shvydshe nakryvaye veletens′ka chvylya antysemityzmu, pidzhyvlyuval′na z-za okeanu hitlerivs′koyu propahandoyu. Za desyatok rokiv, koly uves′ svit vtyahnuto v Druhu svitovu viynu, kanads′ki soldaty — i yevreyi, i protestanty, vzhe plich-o-plich protystoyat′ Nimechchyni, YAponiyi ta inshym derzhavam-zaharbnytsyam. Kanadtsi vyyavlyayut′ hidnist′ i na poli boyu, i v yapons′komu poloni z yoho zhachlyvymy torturamy, i pislya povernennya dodomu, koly yim, skalichenym veteranam, dovodyt′sya prochodyty skladnyy shlyach adaptatsiyi do myrnoho zhyttya. Molli ta Maks opynyayut′sya v tsentri podiy…