18-year-old single mother Lucy Van Alstyne joins the nouveau poor on the dole in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Lucy doesn't even know who fathered her infant son, Dillinger; her friend Alicia fantasizes about reuniting with the fire-eating juggler who got her pregnant with twins. Lucy fabricates letters to Alicia from the fire-eater, and the two women and their kids set off to search for him. Some descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 2006, c1996.
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