Hozyayka bolot

Loni Mey zhivet v Vashingtone i rabotaet illyustratorom: risuet ptic v Smitsonovskom institute. Iz-za bolezni materi ey prihoditsya vernut'sya domoy v zabolochennye zemli severnoy Floridy - tuda, gde ona vyrosla, i otkuda vsegda hotela sbezhat'. Loni pytaetsya naladit' slozhnye otnosheniya s mater'yu, pomirit'sya s bratom i ego zhenoy. Pomogaya materi s veschami, Loni nahodit zapisku so slovami "mne nuzhno koe-chto skazat' tebe o smerti Boyda". Boyd - ee otec - utonul 25 let nazad na bolote. Ego smert' schitali samoubiystvom, odnako prichiny gibeli okazyvayutsya namnogo strashnee, chem Loni mogla sebe predstavit'.