Lala must deal with a chain of events that have terrible consequences when her petty criminal husband is interrupted in his attempt to rob one of the mansions in their "paradise" home of Baxter Beach, Barbados.
In these truthful and strange, funny and tragic stories set in Barbados and the USA, Cherie Jones weaves paths through the joys and suffering of women's lives - from breast cancer, madness and abortion to love, magic and a deep connectedness between women.