Synopses & Reviews
When Angel sets fire to the trailer she grew up in, it isn't the end--it's the beginning. Probably no one will come looking for her, but even if they did, Angel knows hidden paths through the tobacco fields that surround her home better than anyone, learned from many a night hiding out from Momma and Daddy's fights. But now they and her older sister have all gone off, and Angel is left with nothing but a few memories in her pocket and the vague notion that somewhere out there is someone who may want her. And Angel will do what she has to until she finds her--after all, her Momma taught her well how to steal, and how to survive on her own.
Like Angel, Hannah has never fit into the world. She and her adopted sister Bethie are daughters of missionaries who follow the rules of a small and strict religious sect, where modesty is prized above all else. Wearing floor length polyester skirts, and never cutting their hair, the girls are teased and live apart. Until the summer they move to James Island, South Carolina, and Hannah secretly gets a job working at Cora's Steampot Motel, cleaning rooms and toting steaming buckets of oysters to the guests. Slowly, Hannah begins to escape the confines of her strict upbringing, and soon meets a boy who will change the course of her life irrevocably.
As these two young women come of age, their paths will connect, and Hannah's past will prove to mean everything to Angel's future.
Synopsis
Burning down Black Snake trailer was easy. The hard thing was walking away, when what I wanted most was to watch it die...
When Angel sets fire to her childhood home, it isn't the end--it's the beginning. Left with nothing but a few memories in her pocket, Angel escapes into the fields of tobacco, the only place she has ever felt safe. Hidden by those green-gold leaves, she sets her eyes on the mountains and believes someone waits for her there. Angel will do whatever she has to until she finds her. She longs to empty her pockets, hand over the answers to what became of her, and whisper, This is my story.
As Angel journeys toward the mountains, Hannah is struggling to tell her own story. The daughter of missionaries who follow the rules of a small and strict religious sect, modesty is prized above all else. Wearing floor length polyester skirts, and never cutting her hair, Hannah is forced to live a separate life from her peers. Until the summer her family moves to James Island, South Carolina. Slowly, Hannah begins to escape the confines of her strict upbringing, and soon makes a choice that will forever change the course of her life.
As these two women's paths connect, Hannah's past will prove to mean everything to Angel's future.
Synopsis
After Angel sets fire to her childhood home, she flees toward the mountains. Hannah, the daughter of missionaries, is eager to tell her story to someone. As these two women's paths connect, Hannah's past will prove to mean everything to Angel's future.