On the outskirts of Memphis, Yslea wanders past three rundown row houses, their residents sitting on their respective porches, and asks for a glass of water. And so begins her relationship with the three neighbors: Jimmy, a butcher with desires for more than his life provides; reticent Layla and her daughter, Ambrosia, who rocks incessantly and is obsessed with a book of colors; and Rose, an old woman who is dying. A short-lived relationship with Jimmy leaves Yslea pregnant, and she moves in to take care of Rose and finds ...
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On the outskirts of Memphis, Yslea wanders past three rundown row houses, their residents sitting on their respective porches, and asks for a glass of water. And so begins her relationship with the three neighbors: Jimmy, a butcher with desires for more than his life provides; reticent Layla and her daughter, Ambrosia, who rocks incessantly and is obsessed with a book of colors; and Rose, an old woman who is dying. A short-lived relationship with Jimmy leaves Yslea pregnant, and she moves in to take care of Rose and finds herself in a position of waiting for the beginning of one life and the end of another.
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