Fourteen-year-old Therese recalls life on her family's farm on the Canadian prairie during the winter of 1906 when the arrival of both blizzards and wolves leads to a terrifying revelation about her beautiful, other-worldly mother.

    The streets are flooded with grease and the world’s gone to the dogs. Amy’s scratching out a living, scavenging by day and laying low by night. But when she picks a fight with the wrong pack, she realises she’s not going to be able to hide anymore. The dogs’ve got her scent and they’re on the hunt. If she’s going to survive, things are going to have to change. And maybe she’s going to have to change too.

    He demonstrates that the representation of on-screen violence reflects America's deep-seated belief that society is only a fragile rampart holding at bay the beast latent in us all. It is this belief which has persuaded Americans to accept mechanized surveillance methods to catch criminals, and partly explains the proliferation of criminal legislation.This book argues that cultures which do not share this fear of hidden barbarity will remain unaffected by American-style violence. However, the author warns that if people do come to believe in the primacy of these primitive instincts, their children will have good reason to emulate what they see on screen.

    She also has something else in common with her ancestors. When she is kidnapped by Ralph the chauffeur, little does he know that he's in for quite a surprise!