Mine enemy, my love

the taste of paradise is the story of a young man who moves with his parents to a small town in south georgia in the summer of 1956, where his father becomes the superintendent of schools. at a young age canaan cross witnessed the tragic death of a friend. he supressed the pain and sorrow he felt, and buried it somewhere deep within. but the summer of his arrival in a new setting is filled with sorrow, tragedy, death, and murder, including the most shattering event, the death of his grandfather. in the process he takes a job picking cotton on a local farm, becomes friends with migrant workers from mexico, a strong african-american woman, and a boy who lives next door to him. but can his association with them enable him to make peace with life during that fateful summer?