"Marvin's Room" - Life is never a fairy tale

Brooke 2022-03-21 09:02:51

Twenty years later, "two families" became "one family": sister Beth was unmarried in order to take care of her sick father and aunt Ruth, who later contracted leukemia; sister Li was a hairdresser and had two children. "Rebel" brother Hank and brother Charlie. Everything has to start with Beth's blood cancer: Beth learned that she had blood cancer, and after hesitating, she called her sister Li, who had not been in contact with her for 20 years, and Li had to take the children back to where she once lived. past place. In the beginning, everything was so unimportant. But as time went on, the contradictions between the two sisters became more and more apparent. Because Hank was dissatisfied with his mother's new boyfriend, he burned their photos, causing their home to catch fire - never to return, Hank was suspected of being "mental", coupled with his own rebellious Character, so that he does not get along well with the "sudden family". In the end - his relationship with Aunt Beth magically improved, which also contributed to the gradual warming of the sisters' relationship. Life also seems to be better than it used to be. But life is not a fairy tale, it is still going on, and everything will return to the ordinary again - in the face of disease and pain, we may have little to do most of the time, but it is the best to only have the happiness at the moment.

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Marvin's Room quotes

  • Ruth: How could one sister be so good and the other so bad?

  • Bessie: Oh my goodness, just look at you. Are you really that old?