Camellia, a pretty sixteen-year-old house slave of the southern Mississippi plantation known as Magnolia's Grace, cooks and cleans under the supervision of her mentor, Granny Zela, who has belonged to the family ever since the plantation owner, Major Andrew Holloway, was a pup. Stealing away to the 'old milk barn' from time to time, Camellia loves to sing to the animals while dreaming of someday finding her 'prince' like the ones portrayed in the...