It has been six months since Tess MĂĽller stopped speaking. Her silence is baffling to her parents, her teachers and her younger sister Meg, but the more urgent mystery for both girls is where their mother goes each day, pushing an empty pram. Their father tends to his apiary, trying to understand why his bees are disappearing. But when he discovers human remains on their farm, secrets emerge which threaten the fragile family. As trees are felled, Tess watches the landscape of her family undergo shifts of its own. A storm is coming and the MĂĽllers are in its path.