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A woman's schizophrenia affects her relationships with her husband and son. Ten-year-old Chris Marino returns home after a brief stay with relatives, which was necessitated by the condition of his mother, Mary, who suffers from schizophrenia. At home, Mary's condition worsens, and her delusions and paranoia invite neighborhood contempt and result in visits from the police. When Mary is institutionalized after the failure of her medication, Chris is left with his father, John, who has retreated into building a boat in the family driveway. One day, Chris goes to school wearing a shirt his mother has mended and sewn a patch on. When his classmates admire the patch, Chris claims he made it himself, leading him to begin making t-shirts for his fellow students as his form of coping.