Young Jamaican, Bita Plant, is adopted by white missionary benefactors and sent to England. She returns to her home village of Banana Bottom seven years later, a beautiful, English cultured young lady. Despite the evangelical guidance of her foster parents and the friendship of a with squire, Bita is increasingly drawn to the vitality of her more natural culture with its festivals, superstitions, revival meetings, and passionate courtships. Among her many suitors she chooses to marry the quiet, humble man who allows her to be most true to herself.