Song of Songs - Paperback

In Song of Songs, music carries memory, longing, and the weight of hidden truths across generations. At the 1988 Granby International Song Festival, Stéphanie Tremblay's violin electrifies the stage, but her performance stirs more than applause. Each note exposes the pain, resentment, and fierce love she harbours toward the very people she cannot let go of-her fractured family.

Back in Saskatchewan, the Tremblay clan gathers around the television, their pride swelling as they watch Stéphanie play. Yet beneath their applause lies a silence years in the making-a silence born of secrets, mistakes, and unspoken grief. When Stéphanie returns home, that silence begins to crack. Her mother Émilie, haunted by choices that shaped them both, and her stepfather Robbie, burdened by guilt, must confront the past they buried.

Guided by her gentle but steadfast grandfather Pierre, Stéphanie uses her music to uncover what words never could: the hidden harmonies between forgiveness and loss, love and truth.

From the dusty prairies of Saskatchewan to the lyrical heart of Québec, Song of Songs unfolds as a multigenerational story of family, faith, and the redemptive power of art. Luminous and deeply felt, it explores how music can both wound and heal-and how even the most painful truths, once sung aloud, can bring us home.