Becky Bowen

Jack and Sharon are a divorced couple who live across the street from each other. Together, they raise their 11-year-old daughter Carol and 8-year-old son Johnny with the help of Jack's mother Ruth and Sharon's new husband Neal , who has a 14-year-old son of his own, Matthew.

Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahead.