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Roadwork Study Guide & Plot Synopsis

This Study Guide consists of approximately 66 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Roadwork.
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Roadwork Summary & Study Guide Description

Roadwork Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:

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Roadwork by Stephen King is a tragic tale about a man named Barton George Dawes and the curve ball the government throws into his ordinary and organized life. Barton and his wife Mary live at 1241 Crestallen Street West and have done so for what seems to Barton to have been forever. All of their memories, carefully constructed, and then just as carefully put away after Charlie died, are tied to this house. Looking around, Bart is reminded of Charlie every where he looks, and even though three years have passed since his young death, it still feels like yesterday. Perhaps that is one of the reasons that Bart is unable to move, and unwilling to be pushed out. Barton and Mary are given a year's notice when the plans for the highway extension are first announced. As part of the Eminent Domain clause,...
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Roadwork from BookRags and Gale's For Students Series. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.
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