<p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Soot&nbsp;</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>challenges an American fascination with violence through the lenses of childhood and parenthood. There are questions with the hope of answers: How are generational lessons altered toward a more caring future? How is loss reimagined as growth? When will the pumpjack stop?</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>