How do you change the world? Meet Léa, poly­glot, labour activist, far­brente fem­i­nist. Born to a large Jew­ish fam­i­ly and raised in a French Catholic town, Léa moves flu­id­ly between lan­guages and cul­tures. Her search for mean­ing and her instinct for jus­tice place her at the cen­tre of the great changes of the 20^th cen­tu­ry. From street fights in Berlin to protests in Mon­tre­al, she defies the expec­ta­tions and lim­i­ta­tions of women’s lives, wins his­toric vic­to­ries for the union move­ment, and grap­ples with her own con­vic­tions. Based on the life of famed activist Léa Roback, this nov­el brings to life a hero­ine embold­ened by polit­i­cal strug­gles that res­onate to this day.