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Marjorie Richard keeps company with a life-size, cardboard cut out of her son as she waits for his return from the war in Iraq. Read the full description.
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Marjorie Richard waits for her son Jarod to return home from the war in Iraq. Meanwhile she keeps company with a cardboard cut-out version of her soldier son she calls her Flat Son.
Photo by Kristin Wright.
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