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 ...。1950年抗美援朝战争打响。在淮水河畔的沈家大院里,以卖水谋生的梁大爷和邻居们正在为儿子梁刚去前线抗美援朝送行。 梁刚走后,大杂院的人在平静的生活里也慢慢冰释前嫌了众多的矛盾。一天,梁刚牺牲的消息搅动了大院的平静,为了不让梁家夫妇太过受打击,大家努力地隐瞒着....... ..。