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But in the morning they awaken to discover that Ma’s purse, with all the treasured immigration documents within it, has been stolen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet over the course of one week, \u003ci\u003eA Guardian and a Thief\u003c\/i\u003e tells two stories: the story of Ma’s frantic search for the thief while keeping hunger at bay during a worsening food shortage; and the story of Boomba, the thief, whose desperation to care for his family drives him to commit a series of escalating crimes whose consequences he cannot fathom. 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