An aspiring author, desperate to finish her first novel to secure a spot in graduate school, seeks help from her estranged father, but their unresolved past threatens to derail her dreams.
Social & External
The people behind it
Jared Stewart
Charlie
Scott Bronson
John
Lynne Bronson
Nurse
Lexington Holman
Young girl
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