Editing Pieces of April (section)

== Plot ==
April Burns, the eldest daughter in a highly [[dysfunctional family]], lives in a small [[tenement]] apartment on the [[Lower East Side]] of [[Manhattan]] with her boyfriend Bobby.  Although estranged from her parents, Jim and Joy, and younger siblings Beth and Timmy, she opts to invite them for [[Thanksgiving dinner]].  It is expected to be the last Thanksgiving for Joy, who is dying from [[breast cancer]].

April's parents and siblings, along with April's senile grandmother, start a long drive from [[suburb]]ia to [[New York City]], while April prepares to cook dinner. Bobby leaves the apartment to purchase a suit so he can make a good impression upon meeting April's family. Upon attempting to cook the Thanksgiving turkey, April discovers that her oven is broken, and solicits help from other people in her apartment building; she receives help, hindrance, and indifference from the disparate group of residents, but eventually completes the meal.

As April's family makes the road trip, their dysfunctional relationship with her is discussed. Beth constantly expresses her disapproval of visiting April, while Joy is pessimistic about the prospect of the dinner being enjoyable. Jim remains positive, and Timmy takes photographs of their trip. Frequent stops have to be made as Joy is sick. After initial difficulty, Bobby finds a suit and begins heading home, only to be confronted by April's former boyfriend, a drug dealer named Tyrone. A fight ensues, ruining Bobby's suit jacket and leaving his face bloody. April's family arrives outside her derelict apartment building. Initially hesitant to leave their car due to the poverty of the neighborhood, they are then approached by a battered Bobby, who introduces himself. Her family subsequently leaves, opting to purchase a meal at a diner instead. April is crestfallen after learning the news.

After witnessing a confrontation between a mother and her young daughter in the diner's bathroom, Joy reconsiders. Along with Timmy, the pair ask two motorcycle riders to take them back to April's apartment. April has since decided to share her Thanksgiving meal with several residents of her apartment building who helped her prepare it. Joy proceeds to April's apartment, where the two have an emotional reunion, photographed by Timmy. The rest of April's family later arrives, and all embrace her. April's family, together with the residents of the building, are shown having an enjoyable time.