When Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break-- a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house-- she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime. In a series of shifting narratives, people who are connected, both directly and indirectly, with the victim police, family, and friends tell their personal stories leading up to that fateful night.

"Trigger warning: This book is about recovering and healing from violence. Contains scenes of sexual and physical violence, and depictions of various trauma."