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Unbaptized. Unabridged. Unfathomable.
Elsie Lapointe lives a life of comfort and seclusion with her four siblings and parents in their manor, tucked away from the outside world. However, through the deadly traditions that the family performs and the grief that is born through them, ghosts of the past begin to haunt the Lapointe Family, and soon Elsie is faced with a decision: to continue to bow down to what she worships, to continue to carry on the Lapointe traditions, or to carve her own path and seek the outside world.
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