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Brittany is fourteen and lives in a public housing neighbourhood with her single mother. Despite her environment she is outgoing, trusting, and optimistic. When she is dumped by her boyfriend, he starts an embarrassing rumour about her that causes her to make a decision to take control of her identity.
When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate. The lawyer finds the townspeople reluctant to talk about or go near the woman's dreary home and no one will explain or even acknowledge the menacing woman in black he keeps seeing.
