Mary, near death, reveals to her daughter-in-law the unfathomable act she committed some fifty years ago. The man she raised was not hers; she took him from a young unwed girl she befriended on a city bus. Her own childhood took an unexpected turn leaving her sterile, leading her to commit such a heinous act. The action resulted from her deep-seated desire to have a child of her own. When Mary befriends the young Beatrice, alone and pregnant in The City, helping another person was her intent. Bringing the young girl home to live with her and her husband, Mary unknowingly seeks to fulfill her maternal desires. Mary hopes helping Beatrice will mend the hole in her soul. When confronted with the reality the young mother and her son are moving away; Mary demands her husband take her and the young boy far away, somewhere they won't be found. When Beatrice returns from setting up her new home on the east coast, she finds the family gone without a trace. The impact on both Mary and Beatrice's lives was a result of selfish people who used them for what they had to offer, their bodies. Each one forced to live their lives in ways they could have never imagined. The tragedies thrust upon each of these women as young girls provided a path for them to give back to the world in unimaginable ways.
Kimberlee moves on with her life and discovers a new world in Europe.
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.
Kimberlee: Chapter 6 - Kimberlee moves through her young life, wondering why she is so different from everyone around her. Her truth begins to unfold.
Blanch: Part 4 - Chapter 5 - Blanch achieves her dream and now must face her toughest adversaries.
Blanch: Part 3 - Chapter 4 -Blanch moves through college and begins an alliance that will help fulfill her future dreams.
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.
Blanch: From the day Blanch was born, she was strong-willed; her mother, Lydia, gives up on trying to help her the day she abandons her bastard child.
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.
As Mary's herald, Bettie reveals the unspoken past as she believes her son is "Old enough to know the truth now!"
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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 question who the child was - or is.
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