在飞来飞去，如果她找不到孙女之间建立纽带的方法，玛莫知道那是9月来，海风将被卖出，女孩们会再次散布，她会坐在码头上，在收获月亮的码头上。前5月，玛莫（Mamaw）邀请了她的三个孙女 - 戴拉（Dora），卡森（Carson）和哈珀（Harper）在海风中庆祝她的八十岁生日。但是，她有一个别有用心。在秋天，玛丽埃塔（Marietta）在市场上吹着海风，进入辅助
(was flying by, and if she couldn't find a way to forge bonds between her granddaughters, Mamaw knew that come September, Sea Breeze would be sold, the girls would scatter again, and she'd be sitting on the dock howling at the harvest moon. The previous May, Mamaw had invited her three granddaughters-Dora, Carson, and Harper-to celebrate her eightieth birthday at Sea Breeze. She'd had, however, an ulterior motive. In the fall, Marietta was putting Sea Breeze on the market and moving into an assisted)
Mamaw深切关注她心爱的财产海风的出售，因为她意识到孙女Dora，Carson和Harper的潜在分离。她担心，如果不加强纽带，他们可能会在9月出售房屋时散开。 Mamaw对海风的情感依恋与家庭联系交织在一起，她渴望在家里的最后几天保持孙女团结。
去年五月，她邀请女孩们在海风中庆祝她的80岁生日，希望不仅仅是庆祝活动。玛莫（Mamaw）具有将他们聚集在一起的战略动机，他认识到，这可能是在玛丽埃塔（Marietta）进行辅助生活安排之前建立他们的关系的最后机会之一。她的内心对家人分散的想法感到疼痛，她决心在发生重大变化之前创造持久的记忆。
