After a sudden loss, Mara flees her family and ends up in a wealthy coastal town. Her first few days are spent alone, but when her money runs out, she finds a job in a store and meets its owner, Simon. Mara is forced to reckon with both her present desires and her past errors, and with the compulsion she feels to both make and unmake herself. A compelling novel about a woman who walks out of her life from a powerful new Canadian-British voice.