Ruth is spending the summer in Newfoundland, with family she's never met. When she arrives, she finds Newfoundland is very different from her life in Toronto - people there are more friendly, but also superstitious, believing in ghosts and The Sight and family curses. Ruth's cousin Ruby is also staying, and the two discover they have a lot in common: they both lost their mums when they were two years old, they're the same age and they even like the same food. When they find ominous information on some tombstones in the local cemetery, Ruth and Ruby start investigating their family's past.