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Prologue - Chapter 1

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Afterlife, Julia Alvarez. Algonquin Books, 2020.

• This book is written in the 3rd person.

• This chapter (the prologue) functions as a free verse poem.

• The poem describes a woman who is to meet a man in a place they often choose for special occasions to celebrate her retirement from the college.

• They are to meet at one of their favorite restaurants, a half-hour drive from their home.

• The woman will be driving from her doctor’s appointment, and the man will be driving from home.

• He should have been there before her.

• At the location, she calls his cell, but he does not answer.

• Her irritation turns to worry.

• She contacts the hospital and the police, asking if anyone has seen him.

• Now, months later, she knows he had been driving up the...

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