Une jeune fille se déplace vers la grande ville, espérant commencer une vie indépendante marchant comme un guide de musée.

Dans l’Ouest américain, à la fin du XIX siècle, Liz, une jeune femme d’une vingtaine d’années, mène une vie paisible auprès de sa famille. Mais sa vie va basculer le jour où un sinistre prêcheur leur rend visite. Liz devra prendre la fuite face à cet homme qui la traque sans répit depuis l’enfance…

Fifteen-year-old Sammy has recently become aware of desires she awakens in men but one man to whom she is herself attracted is her older brother Jacob. With an institutionalized father and a mother neither sibling has seen for years, Jacob provides for the household through his trade in meat declared unfit for human consumption. This situation has sufficed for years but the dedication with which Jacob watches over his little sister leaves her no room to mature as a woman...