PEARL Bean (ne Pearl) and Henry, misfits and best friends, have the strangest mothers in town. Henrys mom Sally never leaves the house. Beans mom Lexie, if she is home, is likely nursing a hangover or venting to her friend Claire about Beans beloved grandfather Gus, the third member of their sunny household.Guss death unleashes a host of family secrets that brings them all together. And they threaten to change everything”including Beans relationship with Henry, her first friend, and who also might turn out to be her first love.