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The narrator struggles with whether to stay in his small, forestry town of Elkridge, Montana or leave for the city after a devastating wildfire destroys much of the local landscape and livelihood. He considers leaving on the government buses that are evacuating residents, but his father is adamantly against abandoning their home and traditions. They have an emotional argument where the narrator renounces the mountains and his father disowns him. The narrator departs on the bus but is plagued by doubts as he
- Author
- Jeffrey Xie
- Language
- EN