Hattie owen enjoys peaceful millerton summertimes with being in charge of Miss Hagerty's breakfast tray at her parents' boardinghouse, and drinking lemonade on the porch after supper. Yet this year, it's different -- Hat...Hattie owen enjoys peaceful millerton summertimes with being in charge of Miss Hagerty's breakfast tray at her parents' boardinghouse, and drinking lemonade on the porch after supper. Yet this year, it's different -- Hattie's uncle adam is coming home. Returning from a Chicago school that's just closed and whose existence is kept quiet by adult family members, adam is a 21-year-old man with a child's mind, having a knack for talking quickly, a savant-like ability for remembering weekdays, and a passion for.