Carnelle Scott is best-known in her hometown of Yazoo City, Mississippi, for her unrepentant promiscuity. An orphan taken in by her genteel relatives, she idolizes her older cousin, Elain Rutledge, a former Fourth of July "Miss Firecracker" contest winner who is taking time out from her life as a pampered wife in Atlanta to give a speech on "My Life as a Beauty" at this year's ...。故事发生在1990年夏天前东德图林根州附近的乡村。即将年满19岁的玛丽亚和男友约翰内斯住在约翰内斯父母的农场里,她宁愿沉浸在书本中,也不愿专注于毕业。随着德国的统一,人们有一种新时代来临的感觉。 当玛丽亚遇到住在隔壁的农民亨纳时,玛丽亚与这个比她年龄大一倍、任性、有魅力的男人燃起强烈的激情。在充满未知的气氛中,爱情诞生了:一种充满渴望和欲望的秘密激情,吞噬了前进道路上的一切。。