Florida 1928. In a single night, Janie tells her best friend Pheoby how she set out to lead a different life, how she met the much younger Tea Cake, finally found happiness, and what happened when the great hurricane came. Janie's story is about nothing less than what defines people, whether woman or man, black or white, at their core. Janie returns from her journey as a new person - and so do all those who hear her story. The novel is rightly regarded as one of the most beautiful, saddest, and most heartwarming love stories ever written.