Cinnamon Haynes's life may not look like much--a good man, a steady job, and a cozy home--but it's more than what her difficult childhood promised. Her life's mantra is to be good, quiet, and grateful until she becomes haunted by a terrifying question: "Is this all there is?" Meanwhile, nineteen-year-old Daisy Dunlap has had her own share of problems, including a big one: the unexpected pregnancy that threatens all of her fragile hopes for her future. Desperate, broke, and alone, she makes a drastic decision with devastating consequences. When Cinnamon finds an abandoned baby and takes the blond-haired, blue-eyed newborn home, the ripple effects risk exposing the truth about Cinnamon's own past as she struggles to navigate the fault lines that erupt in her marriage, and deal with the judgments about why a woman like her has a baby like this. These two women, unlikely friends and kindred spirits, must face down their secrets and trauma and unite for the sake of the baby they both love in an unforgettable story propelled by provocative and timely questions about race, class, and motherhood. Is being a mother a right, an obligation, or a privilege? Who gets to be a mother? And to whom? And what are we willing to sacrifice for the sake of marriage, friendship, and our dreams?