My hopeful debut tells the story of Zedwynne Skinner, a sexual abuse survivor who returns to her hometown in rural North Carolina following a failed suicide attempt. Angry and disenchanted, Zed tries to keep everyone at a distance, even her little sister Hattie, and especially her mother. Her only interest is to lay low and survive the hell she's imprisoned herself in, but life, she finds, has other plans. Forced out of her comfort zone, Zed begins to learn that what she thought she needed to stay away from may be exactly what she needs to heal.