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<br> Autumn, 17, is dealing with the emotional toll of growing up in poverty. As she comes of age in this environment, Autumn struggles to find her way. <br> Autumn and her mother smoke cigarettes in front of the trailer they keep next to their home. Autumn's parents also grew up poor.<br> Autumn lies in her fathers lap. She often goes to him for comfort when she is upset.<br> Autumn fights with an ex-boyfriend in the kitchen of her home. Within an hour things were back to normal.<br> Autumn started smoking after her uncle gave her a cigarette at a young age.<br> Autumn's younger brother yells in to her ear in an argument over the chair she is sitting in.<br> Autumn and her sister stand in the street next to their home.<br> Autumn stands behind the fence of her house watching a fight down the street.<br> Autumn, an ex-boyfriend and her family help move a relative into the shed outside of their home. At the time Autumn's ex-boyfriend also lived on the property.<br> Autumn sits between a relative's legs. <br> "I want to get out of this hellhole, there are no jobs and nothing to do," says Autumn.<br> "What? I didnt hurt him," Autumn said.<br> Autumn and her ex-step-sister-in-law, comfort each other after the relative's trailer burned down.<br> Autumn does her hair in the bathroom she shares with all five family members.<br> Autumn confronts an ex-boyfriend about his threats to beat up her brother.<br> As night falls, Autumn peers out of her window watching other kids in the neighborhood play.<br>
