Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Laurel Hill and her daughter Skye live on Lake Superior, where the local school has classes of just four children, and the nearest hospital is a helicopter ride away. They live frugally, eking out a living with Laurel's patchwork of jobs. When their landlord decides to evict them in favor of a more profitable summer rental without any warning, they are pushed farther to the margins. Suddenly the independence that has defined them is a liability. When a dangerous incident threatens to separate them, Laurel faces an impossible dilemma of keeping her daughter safe while providing for their family. -- adapted from jacket