In a rural Mississippi town, a well-intentioned Black woman tries to help a clueless young white mother take care of her baby, but the mother's family gets in the way.

After an elderly Black woman suddenly falls ill, her three half-daughters reunite in their old home in Alabama to be with her.

A young woman struggles in her role as both mother and wife. Her unhappiness with her life seeps into her very being, and causes her to act out in strange ways.

Through conversations with his great-great aunt, a man learns the history of a formerly enslaved family matriarch. His brother’s recent arrest gains new meaning as he learns more about his ancestors.

When young woman living in the city visits her two elderly aunts in the Montana countryside, she discovers that there's more to her family's past than she had thought.

In a small, American, Southern town shortly after the civil war, a deputy and a nurse investigate the murder of a businessman from Michigan. The murderer turns out to be someone they'd never have expected.

In an alternate universe in 19th century Boston, a single mother commits an act of unnatural cruelty against her son. However, since women are invincible against a man's violence, the wife of an esteemed policeman takes on the task of executing her, only to have second thoughts in the cold gallows.