In the small town of Cricksville, South Carolina, a girl named Beth Bledsoefeels out of place. She loves her perpetually upbeat mom, and her dad, even though he tries to imitate his grandpa'sstern tone for attention.
In the family, she feels closest to her favorite uncle, Frank Bledsoe. He is a university professor and lives in New York. Four years later, when she moves to a big city for college, Beth discovers the truth about her uncle's life—that he's gay, with her longtime boyfriend, the bubbly Wallylive together.
When a family funeral brings them back to the small town of Cricksville, Frank must resist the pain of his past secrets, and he has to choose whether to tell the rest of the family the secret of his sexuality
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