Meet the Troutmans. Hattie is Living in Paris, City of Romance, but Has Just Been Dumped by Her Boyfriend. Min, Her Sister Back in Canada, is Going Through a Particularly Dark Period. and Min's Two Kids, Logan and Thebes, Are Not Talking and Talking Way Too Much, Respectively. When Hattie Receives a Phone Call From Eleven-Year-Old Thebes, Begging Her to Return to Canada, She Arrives Home to Find Min on Her Way to a Psychiatric Ward, and Becomes Responsible for Her Niece and Nephew. Realising That She is Way Out of Her League, Hattie Hatches a Plan to Find the Kids' Long-Lost Father. With Only the Most Tenuous Lead to Go On, She Piles Logan and Thebes Into the Family Van, and They Head South.