American Still Life

Trapped in a web of her own creation, Skade Felsdottir, a gifted but deeply troubled photojournalist, returns to a place she swore never to go back to: the town where she grew up—a town that forever hosts her darkest traumas and secrets—to try and finish a book project.

She reconnects, against her better judgment, with an old boyfriend, and meets a deeply traumatized and broken young woman, Kitten "Kit" Dyer: toweringly tall, awkward, achingly lonely, and savant-gifted as a puppet creator and puppeteer.

As Skade and Kit work feverishly to get Skade's book finished before her deadline, the two of them begin a parallel journey toward healing together, until a shocking revelation and a critical failure of judgment put Skade on a tipping point between life and oblivion.

American Still Life explores the inner battles we face and the delicate balance between rescue and ruin. We are all drowning, and we are all rescuers.