Three friends, one funeral, and a dying town with no future.

In the small town of Woodington, North Carolina, real transformation begins at Queenie’s, a local soul food staple where the owner’s loud laugh and hard-won wisdom offer a different kind of grace. When high school best friends have to bury one of their own, they bring decades of baggage to the table. One friend’s biting judgment clashes with another’s desperate reality, and one hides a secret that could devastate her life if anyone found out.

As secrets come to light over plates of southern barbecue chicken and smothered pork chops, the women must decide if their friendship can survive the truth. It’s a story of the walls we build to protect ourselves—and the boisterous, beautiful woman who teaches them how to tear those walls down and ask for help.