A young girl named Estellise and her little sister, Ruby live with their bipolar mother. Estellise has to basically take care of her baby sister and get her through life. However, being a young, smart black girl, living her dirty home, in her dirty neighborhood, with all the gangs and violence, going to the store can prove a problem. Follow Elly's story over the course of her life as she navigates love, loss, confusion, and her life as a whole.