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In a small Southern town, two teenagers find themselves falling into a once-in-a-lifetime love affair, while the people around them watch with hope or despair. Flora Jean is a young Black girl who daydreams of leaving the segregated caste system of Mississippi far behind her. She's being raised by her single mother, Lily, a no-nonsense woman who is willing to do whatever is necessary to raise her daughter to be smart and independent. Bobby Jr. is the oldest son of the richest family in the region. He has learned at an early age that money does not buy happiness, nor does it guarantee love.

When Paul is asked by a friend to go on a blind date, his immediate thought is it will be a catastrophe. His misgivings are allayed when he meets his blind date Rosa. Paul finds himself in a whirlwind of new and unfamiliar emotions. There's much more to his new love interest, Rosa, than he could have even imagined...

A long married couple, Frank and Nina, reflect on things that led them to enjoy a long-lasting love affair with life and one another.

As an avid gardener, Rosalie has always impressed on her children and grandchildren how much she loves the roses which she grows in her garden. Pink, purple, and red roses grow abundantly, watered with love and Rosalie's tender hand.

From Tennessee to Arkansas to Texas, Purse goes from a boy looking for hope and dreaming of a better life, to a man wondering if redemption is still possible. He believes that if he teaches his sons to do the right thing, then maybe his sins might fade away... unless he does something even worse, a thing from which there is no returning.

After years of owning an iconic Chicago barbershop, Charlie has sold it and is facing the prospect of his last day. Clinging to the past will not help him as he bravely faces the end of all he has ever known.