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The Wind at Dawn is a novel that follows the emotional journey of Gale Jones, a young man who moves to Montreal in pursuit of his dream of becoming a writer. As he struggles to find his voice, he is distracted by a figure from his past, a young woman named Dawn. Gale becomes obsessed with finding her, and is aided in his search by a group of friends he meets in Montreal. However, his obsession causes him to become isolated and distant from those around him, and ultimately he realizes that the woman he was searching for never actually existed. He must confront the damage he has caused to his relationships and work to rebuild his life. The novel is structured around the art song of the same name by Edward Elgar and Caroline Alice Roberts.