You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy. For Ted Shannon, growing up in the bayou bottom backwoods of Arkansas was like growing up in a storybook. It was his paradise, and he couldn't imagine living anywhere else. So when his family moved into town, his young life was changed forever. Ted felt lost in so many ways. Like a wild animal trapped in a zoo, Ted roamed through his new life without direction, confidence, or the security of familiar surroundings and ways. Slowly, he adapted to his new world and tried his best to accept this new reality. And through it all, he vowed to never betray the "code of the backwoods"-God, country, family, and finally self-the code he had been reared to honor. He believed in the "Good Book" and really tried to live a good life, but the temptations of the big city were more than this country boy could handle. He wrestled with God's command to take just one mate for all of his life and despite his most honorable intentions, found that circumstances just kept getting in the way-again and again and again. He really meant to honor his wedding vows and was stunned when he learned that his wife couldn't return the courtesy. Apparently, circumstances got in her way too. Now Ted has to fight to find the equilibrium between the "good life" and the life his new world has to offer.