The Ash Family

When a young woman leaves her family to join a secret off-the-grid community headed by an enigmatic leader, she discovers that belonging comes with a deadly cost, in this “stunning debut,” ( The New Yorker ) “ perfect for fans of Philip Roth’s American Pastoral and the film Martha Marcy May Marlene ” ( Booklist , starred review). At nineteen, Berie encounters a seductive and mysterious man at a bus station near her home in North Carolina. Shut off from the people around her, she finds herself co