This story is set in the hills of Kentucky in 1952, where Jimmy and Curly are trapped by history and poverty. There are no roads. You walk everywhere or ride a mule or a horse. What happens one summer, when the best friend and buddy you ever had in your whole life turns out to be a girl instead of a boy like you? You can talk about anything except you never talk about how that discovery could change your relationship. You stay best friends in high school and college and the rest of your life, until a shotgun held by an abusive father forces you to deal with reality and the depth of your feelings. Go with Jimmy and Curly as they meet heartache and pain and disappointment as best friends. And what does Jimmy do when Curly brings Ann into their relationship as her lover? Does he bail? Or does he come to love Ann as much as Curly loves Ann? What happens when the scandal hits the front page and Curly gets her fifteen minutes of fame?
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