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If You Want Me to Stay

by Michael Parker · 2005

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When his father becomes mentally ill, a fourteen-year-old boy and his little brother leave home to try and find their mother.

Themes
brothersbrothersMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisNorth CarolinaNorth CarolinaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult

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