William Cooper has a problem: it's 1952 in Beaufort South Carolina, and he's in love with the maid's daughter, Naomi Jackson. Despite Naomi's apprehension, the two teenagers engage in a forbidden romance, which lasts two years, until William's mother discovers their secret. Everything is irrevocably changed. William is sent to school in Massachusetts, and Naomi is shipped off to Seattle. To William's devastation, his mother has effectively severed...