THE PLOT: Vinylux is born into the household of a drug and alcohol addicted mother. Desiring her mother’s attention, she plunges headlong into the 80’s drug scene. Buckling under the pressure of being a surrogate mother to her siblings and overstimulated by the adult world of drug addiction, Vinylux escapes into her imagination. She  moves in with her grandparents. It is there that she begins her re-education. Never able to shake the  restlessness, she buries the secrets of her upbringing beneath a hard exterior.

Vinylux recovers and even excels in college. Despite having moved away from her hometown, her mother’s downward spiral haunts her every move. Just when it seems she’s finally escaped her mother’s mistakes, she finds herself back home. Worse off, she is pregnant and in an abusive relationship and caring for her pre-teen sister.

Taking a chance, she returns to college to get her English degree. She then follows her schooling to New Orleans, LA to study the arts. It is in New Orleans where she is forced to face the demons of single parenthood and codependency. Motherhood opens the wounds of a wronged child, straining her relationships. Artistically she grows. She plays in bands, gets publications and gets play productions. She acts, models and even dances in a dance troupe. She begins to accept the pressure and expectation associated with being a driven woman and mother, without being a martyr. With her mother’s advancing Hepatits C, Vinylux must complete the full circle from her own birth to her mother’s death and release her.