When Belle Prater disappears, Belles boy, Woodrow, comes to live with his grandparents in Coal Station, Virginia. Woodrows cousin Gypsy is the town beauty, but she has hidden sorrows and secrets of her own. She wonders how Woodrow can accept his mothers disappearance when shes never gotten over her fathers death. Thats when Woodrow tells Gypsy the secret about his mother.When Belle Prater disappears, Belles boy, Woodrow, comes to live with his grandparents in Coal Station, Virginia. Woodrows cousin Gypsy is the town beauty, but she has hidden sorrows and secrets of her own. She wonders how Woodrow can accept his mothers disappearance when shes never gotten over her fathers death. Thats when Woodrow tells Gypsy the secret about his mother.