![]() ![]() Brick is cruel and ultimately drives Liz out of his house. ![]() Liz is taken by Child Welfare Services and placed in a group home, after which she is released to her mother’s boyfriend, Brick. As Liz starts school, she struggles with truancy, which contributes to the wedge driven between her and her sister, Lisa, with whom Liz unintentionally competes for her parents’ love, affection, and attention. Their apartment is filthy and the family rarely has enough food to eat because not only do they spend what little money they get on drugs, but it only comes in in drips and drabs, through welfare. Liz’s parents, Jeanie and Peter, spend their days getting high. ![]()
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