In an Arkansas women's prison bathroom with her mother, girlchild Neicy scratches on the cold tile floor as activity in the adjacent stall establishes the emphatic sexuality that permeates her life. A successful actress in her forties, she is pretty, smart, caring, and committed to social justice, but still sexually self-destructive and confused about love and intimacy. When her promising Broadway career collapses, she plunges into a dark night of the soul. What is the value of worldly achievement measured against true self-worth? How does magnificent physical connection become conscious and...