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Following a violent death at her son’s school, Annabelle Granger uproots her family for Box Elder, New Mexico, a rural farming valley, seeking the simple life. While her husband travels to clients each week and her son plays all day with his new friends at the river, Annabelle seizes her chance to leave a mark. She builds an Instagram brand, remaking herself as a bellwether warning of the ills of suburbia and touting the joys of homesteading. But her Instagram image disguises a much darker reality. Life amongst the underserved families who have lived on the same land for generations challenges Annabelle’s worldview and has set her decision-making compass spinning. Are the neighborhood children independent or neglected? Are they helping Heath recover from the terrible incident at his old school or encouraging his morbid fascination with death? Is this wholesome country life or something much more sinister? Annabelle has always made good decisions, but moving to Box Elder will not be one of them.