Eula's skin was fair and her looks were beautiful. As a black woman in the 1930's she hoped it would be enough to carry her from the drudgery of existing as a poor, Southern, colored woman. Upon meeting Badge, a fast speaking city man from Pittsburgh, PA, she believed she'd found everything she'd hoped for, or did she? Soon after marriage, Eula is blindsided by unexpected tragedy, the stifling oppression felt from mothering children, joblessness and her husband's desire for a simple life, all of which lead her on a salacious journey of escape.