Peter and his wife, Patty, go to Vermont looking for Peter's ancestors. His grandmother often talked about the farm the family owned where she was born. He finds the record of it in the town clerk's office. The town clerk says it is still owned by his great uncle, and tells him the uncle is still alive, living in a nursing home. Uncle needs rescuing and Peter takes him home to the farm. Peter buys the farm, moves his family there, and gives the old gent much happiness in his last days. Peter not only learns the farm and family history, but life as it was during Prohibition in the cities. He learns of his uncle's lost love, the person who lies in the unmarked grave up on the hill behind the house, and various other secrets about the farm.