The pair encounter a group of racists who beat Rosaleen after she stands her ground against their intimidation, and she is arrested. On her birthday, Rosaleen takes Lily into town under the pretense of Lily getting measured for a bra, but also to give Rosaleen the opportunity to register to vote. On the night before her birthday, Lily sneaks away into a nearby cornfield where she has secretly buried a few mementos of her mother, including a jar labeled “Black Madonna Honey, Tiburon, SC.” She is caught by T. In the present day, her 14th birthday is approaching, and she celebrates the signing of the Civil Rights Act with her father’s Black hired help, Rosaleen. 10 years earlier, the four-year-old Lily accidentally shot her mother as she was attempting to leave T. In 1964 South Carolina, Lily lives on a peach orchard with her abusive, widowed father T.
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