For seven-year-old M, the world is guided by a firm set of principles, based on her father DÂ’s life as a traveling salesman. Enchanted by her fatherÂ’s trade, M convinces him to take her along on his routes, selling hardware supplies against the backdrop of Pinochet-era Chile. As father and daughter trek from town to town in their old Renault, MÂ’s memories and thoughts become tied to a language of rural commerce, philosophy, the cosmos, hardware products, and ghosts. M, in her innocence, barely notices the rising tensions and precarious nature of their work until she and her father connect with an enigmatic photographer, E, whose presence threatens to upend the unusual life theyÂ’ve created.How to Order the Universe