Big Sue is the cook at the Big House. She only works a few months a year as the owner just comes during hunting season. Nevertheless, Big Sue feels like she needs some help. So she gets a boy to help out, a boy named Breeze. Breeze has a lot to learn and when he makes a mistake Big Sue gives him a whipping. Breeze misses his mom but he is fascinated by the people and the doings of his new community. One of the people he is fascinated by is April. Despite his feminine name, April is a man and he is the foreman on the plantation and possibly Breeze's father, though he never admits it to Breeze. He is a good foreman and is respected by the men who work under him. April likes the ladies, despite being married. One of the ladies he likes is Big Sue. Big Sue and April's wife get into a fight and Big Sue hits the wife so hard she dies. April has enemies and one of his enemies puts a conjure on April and he becomes very ill.
Although I enjoyed Scarlet Sister Mary and Green Thursday I didn't like this story as well. It is mostly about the boy Breeze, but towards the end, the story switches to April. It makes for a rather disjointed tale. The author introduces a new character towards the end of the novel, Joy, but doesn't tell us much about her. She suddenly marries her to April and then April shortly becomes ill and it all seems contrived. This story just doesn't flow as well as the other two books did. Still, it is enjoyable reading about these people, although I kept hoping someone would give Big Sue a boot in the butt.
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