In a society led to believe that it is dangerous for bare feet to touch the ground, Cleo is used to living disconnected. Disconnected from the Earth, her alcoholic mother and absent father, and from her crazy, incoherent grandfather. So, when Cleo discovers that she is pregnant at sixteen, it makes sense that she goes searching for a connection. Ignoring her mother's warnings, Cleo hunts down her estranged grandmother and uncovers the truth behind her family's disunity and dysfunction. When she finds herself caught in a web of secrets and lies, Cleo must decide whether to keep her family's secrets and keep them safe, or whether to betray them, expose the lies, and potentially change the world.