Brittany and her mother, Miriam, move into a mysterious mansion in northern Ontario inherited from a distant relative, hoping to escape a history of family instability. Ten years after their arrival, Daisy, a filmmaker obsessed with documenting the supernatural, arrives at the same property to investigate what happened there. The narrative shifts between these timelines, detailing Brittany’s discovery of the house’s physical threats and Daisy’s pursuit of the truth behind the architectural anomalies and the missing women linked to the estate. Both protagonists confront the psychological weight of ancestral cycles and the reality of ghosts that manifest through environmental decay and domestic entrapment.
Readers interested in psychological horror and the mechanics of systemic trauma gravitating toward stories involving haunted architecture and social displacement will find this useful. It appeals to those looking for a deconstruction of how media consumes private tragedies and the specific burdens placed on Black daughters. The reader gains a perspective on the intersection of mental health and inherited violence, walking away with an understanding of how unresolved history anchors survivors to specific geographic locations and influences their perceptions of safety and autonomy.
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
