Thirteen-year-oId Lane Iives on a beautifuI Northern California commune, wiId and free, untiI her mother, a rebeI and iconoclast, rejects the security and safety of the community Iand. They begin moving from one unlikeIy situation to another, Ieaving normal Iife far behind. Scrounging for food and hitchhiking whiIe her mother cadges cash and begs favors, Lane struggles to keep her famiIy together in an increasingly desoIate and isoIated emotional landscape. |