Boniebelle Sarvaunt always knew she didn't belong in the backwater Louisiana swamps of her youth. Fair-haired and pale-skinned in a Cajun domain, raised by her withdrawn ant and uncle, she was endowed with a generous allowance-and an extraordinary talent for painting. When Bonnie turned 15, The Man bought her a box sealed by her mother before her death. Inside is a death certificate-for Bonnie. So begins the tale of Bonnie's search for herself.and for the mother she believes may still be alive, somewhere.