The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a new owner in New Orleans and separated from his wife and daughter forever, he flees to nearby Jackson’s Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father who recently returned to town. So begins a dangerous and transcendent journey alon…
From a woman experiencing a budding romance, accompanied by the ghost of an elderly couple, to an editor who gains a new lease of life after a near-death experience, to a woman seeking refugee in her uncle's apartment.
"I am sure there is Magic in everything, only we have not sense enough to get hold of it and make it do things for us."