"In 1940, British college student Ruth Gladstone and her grandmother are evacuated to an estranged aunt's house in rural Martynsborough. In between learning to hunt and grow food—and dealing with resentment from the locals—Ruth uses her time to write a novel. While volunteering at the village hall, she meets Malcolm, an injured soldier, and his wife Elise, who has brain damage. One night, Ruth sees a mysterious figure in white wandering the fields. She learns the legend of the wraith, a young girl who drowned in lime kiln pools in 1910; the villagers believe the evacuees have stirred up the wraith's spirit. Seeing the legend as a basis for her novel, Ruth interviews villagers and searches through the town documents. As she also questions her aunt and grandmother, she finds them reluctant to talk about their 20-year estrangement or the abandoned family mill and grand estate that no one dares to enter. Ruth and Malcolm unearth secrets that will shake the town, their families, and themselves"-- Provided by publisher.