Summary
Within the rugged, unforgiving embrace of a remote Maine woods settlement, a young woman's existence is a precarious ballet of concealment and revelation. By day, she sheds her feminine identity, adopting the guise of a boy to navigate the inherent dangers and untamed spirit of her isolated community. As dusk descends, the sanctuary of her home allows her to reclaim her authentic self, a poignant daily ritual born from necessity. This duality is intrinsically linked to a past tragedy: the brutal, unsolved murder of her mother years prior by a renegade figure, a wound that festers in her father's soul, fueling an unyielding vow of retribution. The narrative's tension escalates as the long-sought villain is unmasked, not as some distant phantom, but as a malevolent, proximate neighbor. The father, driven to the precipice of vengeful homicide, is dramatically intercepted by Lytell, a sophisticated young man from the urban sprawl, whose nascent affection for the daughter proves a powerful, tempering force against the raw, primal justice of the wilderness.
Synopsis
A girl who, because of the dangerous community [Maine woods settlement], masquerades as a boy during the day, only to become herself again when safely ensconced in her own home at night. Years before, her mother had been murdered by a renegade, and her father has sworn to get the villain. It develops that a nasty neighbor is the party wanted. Her father gives him what's coming to him and is only prevented from homicide by Lytell, as the young man from the City who has fallen in love with the daughter.
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