I am convinced that most people do not grow up, our real selves are still innocent and shy as Magnolias -Maya Angelou Magnolia Carter knew one thing, her world was completely shattered. She knew with her parents' messy divorce, she'd be sent to live in a new place, but what she didn't know was that, that new place wouldn't be with either of her parents. Instead, she's shipped off to a quiet town in the south to live with her Mother's college roommate and her son, who she's never met.