The central character moves to an old, ramshackle cottage in the Estonian countryside after leaving a toxic relationship. The book is set in the near future and the countryside is struggling with drought and later with fierce storms as the impacts of climate change are felt. The countryside is not so peaceful as the cottage abuts a military training area.
The book is full of feelings as the young woman goes through the stages of grief with her ex and her complex relationship with her not so motherly-mother.
I'm not a woman and I have never experienced a toxic relationship. But I really felt the young woman's emotions, her strength and resolution to move forward.