
But all her striving leaves Fred on the outside looking in. Fred can't quite bring himself to accept all his son's choices, yet Paulette is determined McKinley will want for nothing, least of all a mother's love and attention-which her own skin color cost her as a child. McKinley makes it no secret that he doesn't intend to follow in his father's footsteps at George & Company Fine Furnishings or otherwise. When their son returns home, his visit dredges up even more conflict between Fred and Paulette.

Their only son, McKinley, now works hundreds of miles away, and the distance between the husband and wife feels even farther.

Paulette and Fred Baldwin find themselves wading through a new season of life in Hickory Grove, North Carolina. Pearson comes a new Southern family drama about one family who discovers their history is only skin-deep and that God's love is the only family tie that binds.
