Faltering

Faltering

In the 1950's, Sylvie grew up following Lara Elgin around her home in Natchitoches, Louisiana, while Hattie, Sylvie's mother worked as the Elgin family's maid. Her naive fantasies found Lara's, seemingly charmed, life to be the ideal of every wish that filled her imagination. To Sylvie, Lara appeared everything she aspired to be, beautiful, wealthy, and loved. As Sylvie grows into adulthood, and her admiration for Lara turns to love, she realizes the vast class, cultural, and financial differences separating the two women, and the difficulty of ever being seen as Lara's equal in that world. Through this, her love for Lara is constant, as both women strive, often faltering, in their attempts to build a life together.