Miss Amelia's Café is the only entertainment venue for miles around. There, the independent and strong woman sells her homemade liquor, and there she lives with her cousin Lymon, a small hunchbacked man who is not actually her cousin. However, her former husband returns to town. A tragic love triangle story set in the American South about those who always come up short in life, about longing, betrayal, bitter disappointment, and brief happiness.