Summary

Ari lives in a rundown mill town in upstate New York which has seen recent new development and the revitalization of some historic homes. Ari's neighbors, Crispin and Jerry, have renovated one of these homes and have rented it to a poet named Mina Morris. Ari's son, Walker, is almost a year old and her life revolves around him. Ari is Mina's contact as Crispin and Jerry are out of town, so Ari does an online search about Mina and learns that she was a poet and a bass player in a girl group in the eighties.

Ari recalls the bleak days after giving birth to her son last year and how her life is no longer her own. Ari tries to share her depression with her husband, Paul, and he tries to help but simply can't grasp the depths of Ari's...