Land's Long Reach

It is The War to End All Wars, and Ena Connelly, a keenly sensory and extraordinary woman, is newly married and living on an Ontario farm. The shock of violence in far-off battlefields is echoed in a terror much closer to hand. With bold perception and remarkable self-reliance, Ena faces a dramatically altered world.
Although she has turned from the turbulent emotional lives of others, Ena forms a fierce bond of loyalty to Blain, the delightful but (necessarily) duplicitous boy who comes to work for her during the war years. Through Blain, she learns to extend herself in unexpected ways-- to reach outside of herself, and to risk. Ena also grows closer to her sister-in-law, Sarah, a gifted painter. Sarah is unafraid of confronting emotional turmoil and passion but she doesn't have Ena's absolute clarity of purpose and aim. Ena helps Sarah move closer to the life she wants, while Sarah opens Ena to a terrible and essential kind of beauty.
When studying Sarah's paintings, Ena comments that it is not the surface that matters, but rather what is underneath. The same is true of this novel -- underneath the meticulous detail of daily life is the emotional landscape of persistent, courageous women, watching the violence of war in Europe (World War I) and domestic violence closer to home.

Este The War to End All Wars, iar Ena Connelly, o femeie extrem de senzoriala si extraordinara, este recent casatorita si locuieste la o ferma din Ontario. Socul violentei pe campurile de lupta indepartate este ecou intr-o teroare mult mai aproape de mana.