1.   His father had deserted the family when Graham was three years old.

2.   Although Juliette grew up believing that her father deserted the family and never looked back, the truth turns out to be more complicated.

3.   He deserts the family when he is unable to provide for them, yet Frank can only recall him with admiration.

4.   He is a father who deserted his family for money.

5.   His mother deserted the family a while back and his unemployed father is supporting him and his four siblings with a monthly welfare check.

6.   Her father deserted the family soon after she was born.

7.   Her unhappy home life during childhood was nothing but fights between her mother and her alcoholic father, who abused Maureen and deserted the family.

8.   Husband Jerry, a sharecropper on the Sasser Plantation, deserted the family shortly after Jackie was born.

9.   In flashbacks, they cheer each other up when their mother deserts the family.

10.   The boy, traumatized when his father deserted the family, does everything he can to drive Jack away.