Prisoners in the Promised Land

The Ukrainian Internment Diary of Anya Soloniuk

Spirit Lake, Quebec 1914



Anya and her family have made a difficult journey to Canada in search of a new life. But soon after they arrive in the land they hoped would welcome them, World War I is declared, and Ukrainians are considered “enemy aliens” — many of them sent away to internment camps. Anya must find a way to deal with the challenges in the land she now calls home.