A family in need. A handmade Ouija board. A dangerous affair. It's 1920 in Newark, New Jersey and ten-year-old Ruth lives in fear. Her family is on the brink of starvation. Her brother and uncle are doing dangerous work, smuggling illegal alcohol for the mob. Her mother is gripped by madness and obsessed with contacting the dead. As Ruth tries to hold her family together, things continue to get worse. Her brother Willie falls in love...