Dorothy Jean Hayes want the perfect life and for her that includes having a man ... a White man. After several failed relationships she finally meets what she believes is the man of her dreams: a self-styled, back alley street fighter whose color is close enough to Dorothy's idea of perfect to blind her to his true character. When she returns to her childhood home at 3751 Daisy Street, she's forced to face the three children she left behind years before. Her return sets the stage for a chain of events that will turn her children's happy, peaceful world upside down. Trapped and immobilized in a web of alcohol, neglect, and abuse, Chan, Chato, and Trinity live in constant fear of the mother they try hard to love and the husband she'll do anything to keep. Set against the backdrop of a once-stately residence, 3751 Daisy Street is a battleground for the ages-old adversaries, Love and Hate, and the home of a woman blind to her selfish desires and their effect on the lives of her children. When jealousy, selfishness, and a man are thrown into the confrontation, the tension builds, slowly dismantling bricks and mortar, and eventually the bond between a mother and her children.

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