The Secrets of Mercy

News of emancipation reaches the southern town of Mercy where within its boundaries four women journey to define freedom within their lives. They endure abuse, tend to unrequited love and ache from broken families. Suffering too long, only their dreams, desires, and secrets hold them up each day. Sylvia, the cook and confidant of her former mistress, hungers in silent desperation for a life with her sons who were sold away years ago and for her husband who sleeps beside her filled with fury...