![]() There's a constant stream of profanity ("f-k," "motherf-r," "s-t," "d-k," "bitch," "a-hole," "p-y," and "Jesus"), violence that springs from bigotry and deep feelings of alienation, and some sexual content (a girl holds a boy's penis, and one character masturbates and makes male and female genitalia out of balloons). The grandchildren, some with names that reflect the way others perceive them - The Freak, Can I Help You?, and The Shoveler - are all caught in a terrible dark web of family dysfunction. ![]() The story unfolds from multiple viewpoints: five teenage cousins their wealthy grandparents, who have cut off their adult children and grandchildren and two brothers who know the answer to a long-ago family mystery. ![]() It's a surreal, heartbreaking, and sometimes downright weird story of three generations of a Pennsylvania family drowning in secrets, racism, abuse, poverty, and mental instability. ![]()
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