Abstract
A taut and uncanny thriller about one girl's search for home, melding time travel, magic realism, horror, and literary suspense. One forty-below December night, 18-year-old Ash Hayes finds herself locked out of her home in rural Minnesota. She seeks shelter from the freezing cold with neighbours she hasn't yet met. The next morning, everything is off-kilter - the house has no mirrors or modern technology, and all the windows blocked. When Ash tries to call her parents, their numbers are disconnected.