Newly married to Tea Cake, Janie is truly happy, living and working with him on 'the muck' in the Everglades. In the evenings their homestead is the centre of all that's going on. Show more

A hurricane has hit the Everglades, and the lake has breached its banks. When Janie gets into trouble escaping the floods, Tea Cake comes to her aid but is bitten by a mad dog. Show more

When Janie is caught kissing shiftless Johnny Taylor, her grandmother swiftly marries her off to an old man with 60 acres. An African-American classic published in the 1930s. Show more

To Janie's horror, Nanny is determined to marry her off to the widower Logan Killicks. But Janie is not interested in his 60 acres - at 16, she has dreams of 'kissing bees'. Show more

Janie is cutting potatoes in the yard, when a citified stylishly-dressed man stops by. And Janie is the sort of woman he would like by his side at Florida's first all-black town. Show more

Joe Starks has become Mayor of Eatonville, America's first all-black town. While he goes off to his meetings, Janie - who is now his wife - is left in charge of the new store. Show more

Now Joe is Mayor of Eatonville he does not want his wife mixing with the ordinary townsfolk - to Janie's frustration. When she tries to reason with him, he starts to criticise her. Show more

Janie has noticed that Joe is getting older, but the older he gets, the more he criticises her for being middle-aged. Then one day she turns on him. Show more

As Janie emerges into her mourning white she has a host of admirers but she is too busy basking in her new found freedom to notice. Then one day a newcomer comes into the store. Show more

For the first time in her life Janie has fallen in love and she tells her friend Phoeby that she is selling up the store and leaving Eatonville to 'go and live in Tea Cake's way'. Show more