The story follows Anita, an orange packing girl, who is engaged to the factory manager of "Citrus Heights" - Felipe- to help her father out of debt. Anita, resigned to her fate, tries to keep her head down and please Felipe at work by reporting to him when the factory girls get too rowdy. When Anita is prompted to check out what her co-workers Dotty and Rosa are making a fuss about, she is shocked to see they have been packing racy photos and cheeky notes in their orange crates in hopes of getting a response from deployed soldiers. Spurred into defying the life the girls have painted for Anita's future, should she marry Felipe, Anita rebels against their expectations and writes an impulsive and provocative note that ships with the oranges. Paid by the crate, Anita begins planning to pack her boxes fast enough to escape marrying Felipe.
—Christina K. Caralis