In this enchanting debut, a young girl faces the secrets buried in the mud-rich, rain-soaked landscape of her mother's childhood. When fourteen-year-old Allie's mother, Mae, mysteriously disappears in the dark waters of the harbor, Allie is taken by Julia - an aunt she barely knows - to stay at the dilapidated dairy farm where her mother grew up. As the days pass and the heat of the wet season swe...