When Tamara James, a curious adolescent suffering from incurable heart disease, gives away the flower of her youth, she intends to mother a child for her dysfunctional parents. Now, four years, no baby, and countless guys later, Tamara has become the shame of her neighborhood and the disgrace of her family. And after graduating high school with honors...biggest slut of class 96...she flees Chicago for what should be a routine summer stint with her grandmother in Savannah, Tennessee. This summer proves anything but routine as Tamara crosses paths with Maurice Harding, a mystical poet from 'the...