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A teacher has given up teaching middle school English to be a phlebotomist, a secret that won't make it through Thanksgiving dinner. A thwarted school shooting underlies the trauma of the things we discount in order to maintain familial and community cohesion, and the things we can't afford to ignore any longer. Four generations grapple with how to handle the realities of our world today.
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A teacher has given up teaching middle school English to be a phlebotomist, a secret that won't make it through Thanksgiving dinner. A thwarted school shooting underlies the trauma of the things we discount in order to maintain familial and community cohesion, and the things we can't afford to ignore any longer. Four generations grapple with how to handle the realities of our world today.
Thanks·giv·ing: /ˌTHaNGksˈɡiviNG/noun
• 1. the expression of gratitude, heartfelt and not
• 2.(in North America) an annual national holiday marked by familial tensions
• 3. A tussle over food that masks political differences
• 4. Turkey, Pie, and the traumatic offenses of family and strangers
• 5. Adulting in one’s childhood home
Thanks·giv·ing: /ˌTHaNGksˈɡiviNG/noun
• 1. the expression of gratitude, heartfelt and not
• 2.(in North America) an annual national holiday marked by familial tensions
• 3. A tussle over food that masks political differences
• 4. Turkey, Pie, and the traumatic offenses of family and strangers
• 5. Adulting in one’s childhood home