When twenty-nine-year-old Valancy Stirling is diagnosed with a terminal heart ailment, Valancy rebels and decides to move out of her mother's house into the house of Cissy Gay.
When twenty-nine-year-old Valancy Stirling is diagnosed with a terminal heart ailment, Valancy rebels against her family and the life they have imposed on her. She then decides to move out of her mother's house and take a position as a housekeeper for Cissy Gay.