Before checking this book out from the library I had no idea what it was about, after reading the short summary on the back of the book and finding out a film was also created to mimic this story I was immediately intrigued . The story was narrated through the main character Lily, a young teenage girl who wanted nothing more than to seek out information regarding her diseased mother whom she has restricted memories and who desperately desires to know what love and true happiness consists of. Lily narrates the novel in the first-person, describing the events she experiences from her unique perspective and retelling the stories others tell her in the same manner. Lily narrates the story and presents an attitude that maybe considered that similar to the tone a child when sharing personal information that have written in a diary, except with less self-loathing and more passionate feelings. Lily’s father who shows evidence of not only being a bigot but who is uncompassionate and callous which makes it more than difficult for her to grow up as normal girl, as he treats his own daughter as an inconvenience. Growing up Lily was limited to the girly activities she was permitted to do I assume she may have a tad of an immature superego due to this, according to I reference this as I believe her moral development is inadequate. However, she is still in her adolescent stages and has plenty of more life ahead of her to enhance to her current development. This story takes place in nineteen sixty four in South Carolina a place where I believe racism and social constructionism strongly existed , as the rights of African Americans were in place but not in fair and full affect, which is what their elders were accustomed to and what people were taught to believe. As Lily’s father had a whole peach crop of African American workers and one, named Rosaleen, that specifically catered