Desire was raised by her paternal grandmother after her mother passed away when she was three months old, and her father passed away when she was two. She never knew her mother's family as they had disowned her mother when she married her father because he didn't measure up to the DuBois standards. When she was recuperating from a fall in the hospital, the absentee family visit her, and they are reunited. The sad history of their past comes to light, and many heartfelt days turn into a wonderful event for all, including Desire's visions of ancestors.