Against a backdrop of peach orchards and languid summer afternoons Dori Sanders spins a wise sweet tale of crossing racial barriers in the South Carolina countryside. It was unthinkable that Gaten Hill a successful black man would marry Sara Kate an uppercrust white woman. It was unbelievable that hours after his wedding he would be killed in a devastating accident. Left to grieve together Gaten's 10-year-old daughter Clover and her white stepmother forge a warm friendship which gives them the strength to let love overcome prejudice.