Lucy Perley is nine-years-old and as far as she can tell her world is solid as packed dirt. She spends her summers jumping on the trampoline, visiting her Mamaw, and wading in the creek. Her mother and father aren’t perfect, but she loves them with all of her heart. Her family’s strange friends often visit, but one familiar face brings her candy and cream soda. The only problem is he’s also fueling her parents’ painkiller addiction.
 
The Eastern Kentucky community of Turkeyfoot is ravaged by the opioid epidemic and Sweetie Goodins has played no small part in feeding his neighbors’ bad habits. Having spent his life peddling painkillers, Sweetie struggles between accepting responsibility for his actions versus blaming the will of the addicts around him.
As his pill-pushing partner begins selling fentanyl for more profit, Sweetie’s attempts to justify his business dealings crumble. Sweetie witnesses the unraveling life of Lucy as her parents fall deeper into the pit of addiction. The Perleys, like so many others on Turkeyfoot Mountain, become willing to do whatever it takes to get their daily fix. Their bad company leaves Lucy vulnerable to a type of evil she has yet to encounter.
 
Before Sweetie can atone for any of his wrongdoings, he must either acknowledge his role in the lives ruined or continue paving a path of destruction.