A coming-of-age Southern Gothic novel currently 37,000 words long. While the characters are eighteen, this is not a YA novel and is intended for adult audiences.

 

Fresh out of high school, Charlie Golden finds herself living with her best friend Eden Hayes and her strange little family outside of town. As the summer goes on, Charlie tries to find her place among the Hayeses and falls deeper into her obsession with Eden, who is still reeling from a violent tragedy. The same tragedy which left another friend, Georgia, dead.

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Charlie learns that the Hayes family—including a grandmother losing herself to dementia and a housewife who sells witchcraft like Mary Kay—is more than a little strange, and the magic they do isn't just for show. With a wildfire devouring the surrounding county and a strange rotting disease creeping up on the Hayes house, Charlie is haunted by dreams of Georgia—culminating in a strange magical experiment where Eden brings Georgia (mostly) back from the dead.

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With Georgia up and walking again, Charlie has new concerns. How will this resurrection affect her relationship with Eden? How long can they keep Georgia from decaying? Does Charlie even want to save Georgia? Charlie's grasp on reality and herself start slipping through her fingers, forcing her to confront her own capacity for violence and sacrifice. Will she try to make a change in the Hayes family or will she make the sacrifices necessary to finally be with her beloved?