This dual timeline novel is an intriguing read, set in an idyllic setting in the Adirondacks and reaching across the years to connect two women.

Eddie Calloway is the owner of a feminist camp in the 1970s, set on her family's large property in the woods. She brings women together to celebrate womanhood and to find their own power, and the camp attendees love her for it. The other camp owners nearby don't love her camp and its focus on feminine topics such as the female body. After Eddie vanishes on a morning hike, no one is ever able to find her or what happened to her.

In the present day, Rowan and her fiancee Seth rent a cabin in the woods in an attempt to stir their creative juices for her screenplay and his novel. When they stumble across the camp and an old Quik container, Rowan begins digging into the past and is fascinated by Eddie's story and the mystery of her disappearance.

This book is beautifully written. The setting is absolutely idyllic, and the author describes the greenery and the camp in a way that makes you picture it all in your mind. I liked the alternating timelines and just how different the two women's lives were as they existed in the same space 50 years apart. Rowan and her fiancee are YouTubers, making short videos of all the things they see at the camp. Eddie never would have been a YouTuber. She cares deeply for the earth, the environment, the birds, and the people at her camp and wouldn't care one bit about social media if it had been around in her day. The contrast was startling and so very interesting.

Rowan makes some strong decisions toward the end of the story, showing great character development and growth. That month in the woods changed her deeply, and that felt like commentary on how one event can shake a person and truly change the course of their life.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group Dutton for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.