Summary
Moss-slick columns of antebellum boredom tower around Nancy, a plantation-bred firefly in a jar, aching for neon. Into the languid candle-smoke drifts Lola, Manhattan’s velvet catastrophe, trailing a comet-tail of adultery and unpaid hotel bills. Behind her slinks David—tuxedoed shark, eyes like gin poured over opals—determined to reclaim Lola or ignite whatever flammable heart crosses his path. Nancy’s spinster aunts, three crows in bombazine, smell a chance to offload their restless kin; they fan the sparks until vows are swapped, lace veils traded for shackles, and the bayou air thickens with erotic treachery. Yet fickle moonlight refracts: weddings curdle, mirrors crack, and every exit sign points deeper into the maze. What begins as a country cousin’s rescue fantasy mutates into a swamp-lily noir where innocence is auctioned to the highest bidder and pleasure carries compound interest.
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Nancy is a restless young girl tired of living on a plantation with her three old-maid aunts. Her life brightens when her cousin Lola visits from New York; what she doesn't know is that Lola is fleeing from a scandal that erupted when she was caught running around on her husband with her lover David. It's not long before David comes looking for her, and Nancy falls in love with him. Lola sees a way out of her problem: if she can get Nancy and David to hook up, it will take the heat off of her. Nancy's aunts, who want to get rid of her, are all for the plan, and soon Nancy and David get married. However, things don't quite work out for everyone the way they planned.
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