There is an isolated town where the people live their entire lives, isolated from Elsewhere, their only outside contact being the man who delivers their supplies and takes their goods to sell. This place is high up, damp, has a strange fog and everyonce in a while, a mother will disappear forever. Vera is the main character and everything is from her point of view. The writing was beautiful! It'd a story about motherhood. The love of a mother and the identity of a mother. Obviously as a mother I was able to relate in some way with the story. The characters are done well and so is the world building. but the story just wasn't for me so I wasn't really into it. But I can also understand why others will enjoy it! It a speculative fiction and even though I wasn't able to enjoy the story I can still appreciate the the hard work and the beauty in the writing and everything else that I enjoyed!