In the neon glow of the Fort Worth Stockyards, Sydney has always been the one who pays: cover charges nobody else does, tabs nobody else claims, and the quiet emotional price of keeping friendships that take far more than they ever give.
Durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, un joven de dieciséis años -"enfant terrible"- conoce a Marthe, dos años mayor que él y cuyo novio, Jacques, está en el frente.
Jane Hayward is content in her cottage on the outskirts of Exeter, living off the earnings made when she and her father published popular children's stories.
The only way out of a small Oklahoma town for a young man is football or prison, and when a new Black coach refuses to budge on academic requirements for one of his players, then a mother has to give in to the coach's desires in the most primal way possible!
