A woman and three girls live in a cabin in the woods. They live off the grid. They are fed lies by the woman they call Mama. When Mama takes Evie to the doctor be she's sick she doesn't come back. She left the other two girls alone for over 76 days. They have limited food & supplies. They can barely keep warm & winter is coming. One day a big man shows up. He breaks into the house & stays for a few days. He positions a bed in front of the door at night to keep them from escaping. Until Wren who's the oldest decides to put sleeping medication in his food. When he falls asleep they sneak out & run to the nearest house. Niccolette is a woman who can't have children. She had to have a emergency hysterectomy. She and her husband live at the edge of the woods. Wren & Sage come to their house & Niccolette takes them in because they are already adults. The girls are skin & bones and their clothes are tattered. There clothes are all handmade. Wren stars remembering more things about a woman she has dreamed about her whole life who is not who she called Mama. When the police find a body they check the DNA to see if the woman was really their mother. It turns out she wasn't. I won't ruin the big twist as to who the youngest girl Evie really is. It's a big shock! Poor Niccolette thought her husband was having an affair on her & in fact that couldn't be further from the truth. That man deserves an award for carrying the burdens he was for his wife. And for staying by her side. The ending is so heartfelt & sweet though it makes me melt.
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