Description: The onyl family Ruby Landry has ever known are her loveing gardians, Grandmere Catherine, a cajun spirtual healer, and her druken, outcast Grandpere Jack. Although thinking about her dead mother and mysterious father sometimes makes her feel as mournful as the wind sighing through the Spanisg moss, Ruby is grateful for all she has. Her life is filled with hope and promise... especially when her attraction for handsome Paul Tate blossoms into a mysterious, wonderful love. But Pauls wealthy parents forbid him to associate with a poor Landry, and Grandmere urges her to follow her dream of becomeing a great painter, forseeing a time when Ruby will be surronded with riches in the dazzling city of New Orleans! Yet she cannot know how close that uncertain future looms...