Elizabeth Macy is a white passing black woman in the 1940s, tormented after years of lying and pretending. It is what she must do. She knows her life is not her own, but rather three separate identities she must portray for the benefit of others. Eliza, the dutiful and conformed housewife to be to her white fiancé, Barry Rhodes. Ellie, the passionate hopeless romantic who loves Delilah Graves fiercely. Bes, the daughter of Helen Macy, a woman who is trying her best. That is, until Elizabeth decides to choose herself. And the decision she makes? It’s almost like flying.