Meet three extraordinary women: Charlie Kate, a renowned folk healer; Sophia, her spirited daughter; and Margaret, her inquisitive granddaughter. For them, home is the best house in the worst part of town - a sanctuary where life is both celebrated and mourned...and a place where a strong, uncompromising love can hold off the misery that lines up outside the door.

This is a tale of three generations of North Carolina women whose men come and go, whose hopes, hurts, large losses and small victories are the stuff that bind family together...the treasured charms for the easy life.