In antebellum Charleston, a Catholic priest grapples with doubt, his family\'s secret African ancestry, and his love for a slave owner\'s wife.
Then young Father Jo.
While his sisters make very different choices, Joseph struggles to transcend the flesh by becoming a celibate priest.
Joseph Lazare and his two sisters grow up believing their black hair and olive skin come from a Spanish grandmother--until the summer they learn she was an African slave.
In antebellum Charleston, a Catholic priest grapples with doubt, his family\'s secret African ancestry, and his love for a slave owner\'s wife