Slavna dramska pisateljica Siddalee Walker v intervjuju za znano revijo pove, da je imela nesrecno otroštvo. Ko to prebere njena cudaška mama Vivi, se mati in hci zapleteta v spor, ki grozi, da bo za vedno unicil njun medsebojni odnos. Vivijine mladostne prijateljice zato sklenejo, da se morata dekleti ponovno zbližati. To pa bodo dosegle samo tako, da Siddalee ugrabijo in jo iz New Yorka pripeljejo domov v rodno Louisiano. Šele takrat bo Siddalee prisluhnila njihovi zgodbi o tem, kakšno mladost je v resnici preživela njena mama.
Siddalee, a famous New York playwright, is quoted in Time magazine and infuriates her dramatic, Southern mother. A long-distant fight wages until her mother's friends (and members of the Yaya Sisterhood) kidnap Siddalee and take her "home" to the South, where they hope to explain her mother's history and to patch up the rift between mother and daughter.