In a quiet countryside village nestled between sprawling meadows and ancient forests, everyone knows Aurelia Hart as the strange girl who belongs more to the earth than to people. She wanders barefoot through muddy fields with her skirts bunched in her hands, curls wild and tangled with flowers, leaves, and bits of grass she never notices caught in her hair. Birds land near her without fear. Stray cats follow her home. Deer linger at the edges of the woods when she sings.