Rue
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rue (roo):
2. to wish that (something) had never been done, taken place, ect.
This is a short, non-fictional story about a man and his family that are burdened with grief, loss, remorse, and anger through the violent and sudden death of a relative. It is written from the perspective of a teenage girl who spends one afflictive but life-changing night with this family and discovers within herself the deepest of strengths and weaknesses for what seems like the first time in her life.
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