At thirty, after a breakup that upended everything she thought her life would be, Chloë heard the name of the man she still loved spoken by his new partner, as their baby sat beside her.

The encounter shook something loose, and impulsively, she books a trip to the Lofoten Islands in northern Norway. She owns no hiking boots, has no real plan, and no idea that the journey will reshape the course of her life.

Upon returning home, her life begins to unravel and reassemble in unexpected ways: she tries to resume a life she recognizes, moving to Seattle and continuing her career. But something has ruptured.

She resigns her career and moves back home to Virginia, where she spends five years alone in the woods in sustained meditation and solitude.

Her path unfolds through years of pilgrimage and study, deepening her relationship with landscape, ritual, and the mysteries that shape a life; then later is guided back north to live above the Arctic Circle.

There, she spends months alone in the wilderness, moving with the land and discovering a form of intimacy and presence that reshapes her understanding of life, love, and belonging.