Carry My Tears: A Myth

Miranda is exiled from her home in Vanitas, a community where love and hate are illegal and family units do not exist. She must make her perilous way to the home place of her ancestors, and a mysterious companion volunteers to accompany her. Her companion, who is never called by name and who seems to know all about Miranda, leads her to a meadow and along a river as they make their way to Home Place. But Miranda quickly discovers she must make one agonizing choice after another and live with the consequences of those decisions . . .