p 　　New York pretentious Diana Sullivan is writing a series of articles on the theme of quot family quot for Cosmopolitan magazine Primarily to keep an eye on her but also because of the personal connection, Diana invites her mid-teen daughter, Grace Sullivan, to accompany her on a trip to research the next in the series, dealing with their own family, most specifically a wing that lives deep in the backwaters of the Louisiana bayou, which has been largely overtaken by oil companies of late They are most directly connected by brothers: Diana 三九 s grandfather Mike, and Joe, the patriarch of the Louisiana wing Diana and Grace have never met their Louisiana relations, they in turn who do not even know that Diana and Grace exist As difficult as it becomes, Diana and Grace are able to meet their Louisiana relations, led by Joe 三九 s widowed young wife, Ruth Sullivan, who acts as if Joe is still with them, who sees anything related to the city as suspect, and who rules her household with an iron fist to p