On a visit to her grandmother Ola, who is dying of cancer in her house in the desert, fourteen-year-old Emmie hears many stories about the past a

Devastated by the loss of a second father, thirteen-year-old Bird follows her stepfather from Cleveland to Alabama in hopes of convincing him to

Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father and must care for his adored baby daughter.

Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father and must care for his adored baby daughter.

Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father and must care for his adored baby daughter.

Sweet leaves her family and goes to live in a cabin in the woods with the quiet but understanding Curtis, to whom she feels intensely connected,

Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father and must care for his adored baby daughter.

At fourteen, Marley knows she has Momma's hands and Pops's love for ice cream, that her brother doesn't get on her nerves too much, and that Uncl