<P> Fourteen - year - old Duncan from Albany , New York reluctantly goes on summer vacation to a beach house in a small seaside town near Cape Cod , Massachusetts with his mother , Pam ; her wealthy boyfriend , Trent ; and Trent 's stuck up daughter , Steph . Trent emotionally belittles Duncan , frequently making comments and gestures that are condescending and rude to him , Steph sequentially , follows suite in attitude towards him and is spoiled by Trent . On the way to the beach house , Trent asks Duncan to rate himself on a scale of one to ten ; Duncan rates himself a six while Trent tells him he thinks Duncan is a three . They arrive at the beach house and are greeted by the neighbors : the gregarious , hard - drinking Betty ; her children Susanna and Peter ; and married couple Kip and Joan . Later that evening , Duncan and Susanna have an awkward conversation from their adjacent porches . </P>
<P> Fourteen - year - old Duncan from Albany , New York reluctantly goes on summer vacation to a beach house in a small seaside town near Cape Cod , Massachusetts with his mother , Pam ; her wealthy boyfriend , Trent ; and Trent 's stuck up daughter , Steph . Trent emotionally belittles Duncan , frequently making comments and gestures that are condescending and rude to him , Steph sequentially , follows suite in attitude towards him and is spoiled by Trent . On the way to the beach house , Trent asks Duncan to rate himself on a scale of one to ten ; Duncan rates himself a six while Trent tells him he thinks Duncan is a three . They arrive at the beach house and are greeted by the neighbors : the gregarious , hard - drinking Betty ; her children Susanna and Peter ; and married couple Kip and Joan . Later that evening , Duncan and Susanna have an awkward conversation from their adjacent porches . </P>
where does the way way back take place
where does the way way back take place
a small seaside town near Cape Cod , Massachusetts
a small seaside town near Cape Cod , Massachusetts