Introductions: We begin our story by telling how Kimberlee had no memory of the woman who birthed her and how a 50-plus-year-old white woman sought to raise the multi-racial child.
Blanch: Part 2 - Chapter 3 - Blanch faces the impact of her poor choices and focuses on how she will move beyond high school and make a life for - herself.
Kimberlee: Part 2 - Chapter 7 - Kimberlee learns her first lesson in social prejudice. Her mom, Lydia, realizes she cannot shelter her daughter from the cruel world forever.
Mary's Funeral: Chapter 1 - Attending his Grandmother's funeral, Thadeus is shocked to learn his mother recently visited Mary, a woman she loathed, in the hospital. The discovery of a placard on top of an old gravesite engraved with "Baby Johnson" leads Thadeus to...
The Secret Revealed: Chapter 2 - As Mary's herald, Bettie reveals the unspoken past to her son as she believes he is "old enough to know the truth now."