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 dieciseis anos -"e;enfant terrible"e;- conoce a Marthe, dos anos mayor que el y cuyo novio, Jacques, esta 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!
Lara has always enjoyed teaching ballet, especially to young athletic men- after all, there is more than just dance moves that she shows them in her studio When one of her favorite special students, a strapping young Black hockey player shows up with one of his friends, she gets blacked right in her studio!
When her sister in law brings home a new Black boyfriend to dinner, and the family treats him like shit, Roxy is disgusted; when they go downstairs into the basement, she cannot help but take advantage of the fact that he is a fine Black man with an equally fine BBC!