Can two women of different races maintain a friendship when the odds are against it? Arkansas 1949. After spending her childhood working in the cotton fields, spitfire, Petunia Hollings's dreams of being swept away by true love have finally come true. She's on her way to Chicago and a new life, leaving her family and best friend, Opal, behind. The time comes for Petunia to return to Arkansas, where she and Opal find themselves together again but caught up in a web of danger. When matters take an even more deadly turn, Petunia must choose to walk away or stand by her friend.