A lonely, eccentric moonshiner and makeshift doctor who dominates her small Georgia farming community. She invites a hunchbacked dwarf, Cousin Lymon, to stay, transforming her mercantile into a popular café. Her relationship with Lymon is overshadowed by the return of her ex-husband, Marvin Macy, leading to a bitter feud. Amelia attempts to poison Marvin but accidentally harms herself, and is eventually defeated in a public brawl, leaving her café and still destroyed.
Formerly engaged and married, their union ended in immediate violence.
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