Ghetto Sorrows is a tale of a female ex-con who has plans to walk straight and do the right thing after she goes to prison on a gun possession charge for her ex-boyfriend who abandoned her. China her best friend, who still thinks everything that glitters is gold, is intent on bringing her friend back into the game to live the life they one lived. Carmen finds herself caught between inescapable yet contradictory forces to get money. She has to decide what she is willing to risk to achieve her dream-including her friendship with China.