
Bedford is haunted by the beautiful Susan Marley, a damaged
young woman who wanders the streets and never speaks a
word, stirring "feeling[s] of something undone, something
quite wrong, at the sight of her." Those feelings are
strongest in Susan's maladjusted little sister, Liz,
wracked with guilt over Susan's fate; their mother, who
refuses to acknowledge her wayward daughter's existence;
and alcoholic high school teacher Paul Martin, who once had
an affair with Susan. Susan's fall to her death in the
final, rain-soaked days of winter triggers a series of
events that bring the buried secrets of the town to
terrifying reality.
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