Fourteen-year-old Serrah is sold as a slave in 1773 by the father of the son Serrah was lying down for in Sierra Leone, Africa, because the father wants perfectly formed Serrah for himself. The boy is manhandled by the British slavers and sailors on the Middle Passage voyage that lands him in South Carolina Colony to survive or not on his back on Daufuskie and Hilton Head Islands until his talent and perseverance get him to the brothels of Savannah and control of his own destiny.
Frannie works at the family business, flying DC-3s for Air Ark'nsas, which isn't even located in Arkansas. Well, when she isn't busy getting gang-banged by her c-workers that is.
A mom and her three teen aged daughters go shopping one day. In a driving rainstorm, they have a flat tire on the way. They pull off onto a side street in a bad part of the city and a good Samaritan offers to help them. He even offers them dry shelter from the storm, while he changes their tire. Sometimes, good fortune can be fleeting.