Let it go.
Two troubled families are paralleled to illustrate that there are no perfect family relationships and that families respond to difficulties in different ways. Lance, a young Métis, openly resents his mother's desertion; Red, on the other hand, fights an inner battle during his parents' preoccupation with Red's comatose brother. In both cases, resolution comes with effective communication. Halvorson utilizes realistic conversational style to depi...