In 1704, in Massachusetts, eleven-year-old Mercy and her family are captured by Mohawk Indians and their French allies, and forced to march through bitter cold to French Canada, there to adapt to new lives.
Song Nan tells the story of his life in simple words and powerful paintings, from his idyllic childhood in Shanghai following World War II through his experiences as a student, artist, husband, and father, and finally as a political exile in Canada.
