Laure Mynett is a budding literary sensation at the age of 25. She lives alone in her sprawling property, left to her by the people who she always called Mama and Papa. But there is another side to Laure that she has only recently embraced, no, acknowledged: she is indigenous. Laure has never understood who she is. A visit from her biological aunt and uncle confirms her worst fears: she is a mistake and a fake one at that, or so people say. To most people, she is the inscrutable, privileged, genius, living in her world of heartbreaking stories. But is her own reality any different?