When Rainie McClaws learns of her daughter Madison's losing her leg in a freak shooting accident, she mutters disgustedly, "Half-black and now only one leg? She doesn't stand a f--in' chance, does she?" The year is 1995, and Madison is barely eleven years old. In between her latest waitressing job and/or running from her latest loser boyfriend, Rainie frequently brings her children back to the little farm belonging to her mother in Blue, Colorado. And it is at Blue that Madison finds respite and validation of her self-worth. Gramma Moon-a hippie, herbal-medicine concoctor, and well-known egg...

When Rainie McClaws learns of her daughter Madison's losing her leg in a freak shooting accident, she mutters disgustedly, "Half-black and now only one leg? She doesn't stand a f--in' chance, does she?" The year is 1995, and Madison is barely eleven years old. In between her latest waitressing job and/or running from her latest loser boyfriend, Rainie frequently brings her children back to the little farm belonging to her mother in Blue, Colorado. And it is at Blue that Madison finds respite and validation of her self-worth. Gramma Moon-a hippie, herbal-medicine concoctor, and well-known egg...