Bathsheba Green is 15 years old, with a sponge like mind and a face that stirs only jealousy, a bad match for a housing project. Daniel Neely, an ambitious project drug dealer—spots her, hounds her, desires her to prove himself.But Bathsheba lives in her own clustered world, haunted by the death of her family. Her steady mental salvation is the voice of her talkative friend, Wanda Wesley, foul-mouthed but oddly religious.In the mist of the mundane, a gentle hurricane hits Garden city—a young, cultured, prophetic, visionary pastor—tearing Wanda's heart from her soul on first sight. But, to the scorn of Daniel and the anguish of Wanda, the Reverend Adam Davis spots the worst face for celibate eyes.