Louisiana, 1875. The war between North and South ended long ago, but not all former slaves were able to find their relatives and start a new free life. And white farmers have plenty of problems - bandits and looters are prowling everywhere. And so three teenage girls - Lavinia, the spoiled heiress of an impoverished plantation owner, Juno-Jane, her illegitimate Creole sister, and Hanny, Lavinia's former slave - by the will of fate, set off on a dangerous journey to Texas. And we learn about this enterprise only because already in 1987, a young teacher Benny Silva comes to Louisiana. Her dream is to instill a love of literature in the souls of stubborn students and find contact with them. And, surprisingly, it is the hundred-year-old story of the girl Hanny that helps Benny...