Rona, fresh out of rehab, returns to the wild and beautiful Orkney Islands after a decade of chaotic living in London. Now 30, she grapples with her troubled past as memories of a traumatic childhood blend with recent events that have led her toward recovery.

Amy Liptrot’s prize-winning 2016 memoir blended nature writing with recovery narrative—a bracing mixture that comes alive again in this emotional adaptation. As the writer seeking out a path to serenity away from London in the wilds of Orkney, Saoirse Ronan gives an intensely moving performance.