A darkly beautiful,eeriehypnotic novel about two elderly sisters living alone at the edge of the world. In a place and time unknowntwo elderly sisters live in a walled gardensecluded from the outside world. Evelyn and Lily have only ever known each other. What was before the gardenthey have forgotten; what lies beyond itthey do not know. Each day is spent in languid service to their home: tending the beesplanting the cropsand dutifully following the instructions of the almanac written by their mother. When a nameless boy is found hiding in the boarded house at the center of their isolated groundstheir once-solitary lives are irrevocably disrupted. Who is he? Where did he come from? And most importantlywhat does he want? As suspicions gather and allegiances falterEvelyn and Lily are forced to confront the dark truths about themselvesthe gardenand the world as theyΓÇÖve known it.