In 1956, ten-year-old Austen Kittredge is sent to live on his grandparents’ Vermont farm, where he experiences wild adventures and uncovers long-festering family secrets.

Two gay fathers of a straight country western singers, all living in a rural community and playing music together. Jimmy Poole gets out of prison and kicks his step-son Mark out of the family's band.

When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.