Pollination of the Madagascar Orchid

Sometimes, becoming a man means surviving the adults around you.

Seventeen-year-old Drew Cole III thought his biggest concern was clocking out of his shift at the pesticide plant and deciding how to spend his birthday paycheck. But what begins as an ordinary day soon turns into a family-sanctioned journey across the border to a twisted rite of passage that's less about manhood and more about inherited dysfunction.

In a household where tradition masks trauma and masculinity comes with its own ...