"Fanso and Granny-Flo" paints a poignant portrait of a young boy's life in the heart of Jamaica, where poverty shadows every corner. Fanso, a spirited child, resides with his grandmother, dedicating his days to aiding her with both household tasks and their modest coconut oil venture—a labor of love that Granny Flo sells to make ends meet. Having been in Granny Flo's care since infancy, Fanso's mother works far from home as a cleaning woman, visiting her beloved son and mother only when circumstances allow.

As Fanso reaches the tender age of thirteen, he finds himself wrestling with profound questions about his existence and the puzzling reality that surrounds him. His curiosity is particularly piqued by the enigma of his father, a figure cloaked in silence and evasion by Granny Flo. The arrival of Fanso's father at their humble abode shatters the fragile world Fanso has known, leaving him to grapple with a new, bewildering reality.