Nobody has a "normal? family, but Vesper Wright's is truly...
something else. Vesper left home at eighteen and never looked
back?mostly because she was told that leaving the staunchly
religious community she grew up in meant she couldn't return. But
then an envelope arrives on her doorstep.
Inside is an invitation to the wedding of Vesper's beloved cousin
Rosie. It's to be hosted at the family farm. Have they made an
exception to the rule? It wouldn't be the first time Vesper's been
given special treatment. Is the invite a sweet gesture? An olive
branch? A trap? Doesn't matter. Something inside her insists she
go to the wedding. Even if it means returning to the toxic
environment she escaped. Even if it means reuniting with her
mother, Constance, a former horror film star and forever ice queen.
When Vesper's homecoming exhumes a terrifying secret, she's
forced to reckon with her family's beliefs and her own crisis of faith
in this deliciously sinister novel that explores the way family ties can
bind us as we struggle to find our place in the world.