Sugar and her Mama share something special--their birthdays! Sugar loves to hear the story about the day she was born. Mama has lots of other great stories, too. But when Mama has to go away, Sugar feels a terrible loss. She misses everything about her Mama--especially the stories. There are no shops in prison for Mama to buy a birthday present for Sugar, but Mama makes a unique gift for Sugar on their first birthday apart--something that will help bring them a little bit closer on the long days and nights apart. Pat Brisson has written a heart-breaking yet loving story about a mother and child separated by a prison sentence, and about how they try to stay in touch despite the physical distance between them. With tenderness and warmth, Laurie Caple has captured the relationship between mother and child as their life together is dramatically changed.