At the core of this tragedy are the three Magrath sisters, Meg, Babe and Lenny, who reunite at their home in Hazlehurst, Mississippi after Babe shoots her abusive husband.  In the end, the play is the story of how its young characters escape the past to embrace the future - but the telling is so true and touching and consistently hilarious that it will linger in the mind long after the curtain has descended.