Mattie, a widow living in the backwoods of Florida during Prohibition, meets Trax, a charming man much younger that herself. Trax is a womanizing, lying bootlegger who needs money and he sets his sights on Mattie who can support him. After energetically courting her, Mattie marries Trax, who before long brings home a young woman to be their housekeeper, but it is obvious that she is to be his mistress. When Trax leaves on business, the two women each contemplate how they are being exploited and Mattie comes up with a plan of her own.

因為重病即將臨終的妻子，吉米·偉恩回到棕櫚郡這個有美麗海灘與甜蜜回憶的地方生活，並在當地報社上班，與好友遺孀凱瑟琳·赫伯交往甚密。某日，艾莫·布里斯郡長私下說服吉米協助『格拉夕灣填灘興建計畫』，而吉米也同意並利用報社記者身份做掩護，私下收集反對填灘興建計畫案的底層居民心聲，提供給艾莫作為參考。凱瑟琳也是反對計畫團隊成員之一，這讓吉米陷入兩難，正當吉米開始聆聽自己內心的聲音之時，那些被他挖掘秘密的人們，接二連三的因為出事而害怕，甚至離開反對計畫團隊…。這時，吉米病重的妻子突然離世，這讓吉米重新正視他內心的渴望，而他也將有所做為，究竟他將來改變這即將變化的大環境，亦或改變他自己一直以來毫無變化的生活？

Reeling from her mother's recent death, Ruby Lee Gissing relocates to Florida to start anew. After finding a job at a souvenir store, Ruby becomes friends with the shop's owner, Mildred Chambers, and slowly acclimates to her new surroundings. Before long, she's juggling the affections of Mildred's Lothario son, Ricky, and the good-natured Mike. As she wavers between Ricky and Mike, Ruby also tries to come to terms with her past.

Third-generation Florida beekeeper Ulee Jackson may have gotten out of Vietnam alive, but he left a part of himself behind. Now he methodically tends his bees, carefully provides for his two grandchildren and keeps his emotions at bay. But when a long-buried secret threatens Ulee's business and family, he is forced to break through his emotional walls and confront the terror of his wounded spirit.

A San Francisco spoken word artist returns to New Mexico to be with his dying father, only to find he loses his "voice" as he is sucked back in to the dysfunctional life of drugs and violence he left behind.