Realistic Fiction: When Charley unexpectedly inherits eight hundred acres of sugarcane land, she and her eleven-year-old daughter say goodbye to smoggy Los Angeles and head to Louisiana. She soon learns, however, that cane farming is always going to be a white man's business. As the sweltering summer unfolds, Charley struggles to balance the overwhelming challenges of a farm in decline with the demands of family and the startling desires of her own heart. --amazon.com.

"Now with a new introduction by Ava DuVernay and the author"--Cover. First published in the United States by Viking Penguin, 2014. Made into an original hit dramatic television series, 'OWN.'.