After Jason (9) is abandoned by his mother at a folk festival, he takes refuge in a forest cabin belonging to a mute loner. A series of circumstances eventually lead them to form a family - something both have lacked for a while.
As she lies dying in prison, notorious serial killer Dorothea Puente spills her grotesque secrets, unraveling the story of how a life shaped by abuse, betrayal, and manipulation turned her boarding house into a graveyard.
