In a disturbing, eerie and yet funny story, the author invites us to the 1930s, in the mountains of Virginia, and gives us as a companion a brave young girl who has the wisdom to understand that if you sit down to dinner with the devil - or even his son-in-law, you need to stock up on a longer spoon. And this story is also about the fact that the main thing is still love, and who to love is not so important...