Being Mortal Parenting Girls and quality time spent between

and quality time spent between child and parent

But when tensions arise both at home and at school

and livelihood are all on the brink of collapse

little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike

Grandpa’s telling the same old stories all over again

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