Based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and first cousin of
Jackie Onassis (both named Edith Bouvier Beale aka "Big and Little
Edie") raised as Park Avenue débutantes but who withdrew from New York
society, taking shelter at their Long Island summer home, "Grey
Gardens." As their wealth and contact with the outside world dwindled,
so did their grasp on reality. They were reintroduced to the world when
international tabloids learned of a health department raid on their
home, and Jackie swooped in to save her relatives.
