Loni Mey zhivet v Vashingtone i rabotaet illyustratorom: risuet ptic v Smitsonovskom institute. Bolezn' materi zastavlyaet ee nenadolgo vernut'sya domoy, v zabolochennye zemli Severnoy Floridy - mesto, otkuda ona vsegda mechtala sbezhat'.
Dvadcat' pyat' let nazad zdes' pogib ee otec. Odni sheptalis' o samoubiystve, drugie - o neschastnom sluchae. Loni do sih por ne priznalas' sebe, naskol'ko strashnoy mozhet okazat'sya pravda, no teper' reshaetsya ee otyskat'.