Book is in French 1946. Flora Blackburn, a five-year-old child with a fertile imagination, is sent to her aunt Blanche following the fire that devastated the family farm. She is recovering with difficulty from this tragedy which took away her six sisters and her father. At the convent of the Sisters of Good Counsel where Blanche enrolled her, she stood out from her cousin, the studious and proud Jeanne. Although she builds a reputation as a "hothead" among the nuns, the little girl nevertheless finds faithful allies in Sister Irene, who cultivates her talent for music, and in her best friend Simone, who seems to have the gift of divination. While Sister Irene prepares to pronounce her perpetual vows and her particular attachment to her young protégé attracts reproaches, Simone predicts that one of the members of the Blackburn family will come for Flora. Would it be her beloved big brother or her mother, both of whom had left home before the fateful night? For Flora, who has nothing left to lose, all hopes are allowed...