Fifteen year-old Eleanor Clewson’s life of quiet rural drudgery collapses when her parents’ marriage explodes into violence. Eleanor escapes across the Texas plains, where she crosses paths with a dangerous man on the run. As she flees through desolate towns and anonymous cities, Eleanor will do whatever it takes to survive, pursued throughout by Roy Haskell, a lone Texas Ranger, who is desperate to understand the truth behind her wild flight across the country.
