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= ﻿A Death in the Family = = By: James Agee = =﻿This Book is about a guy named Jay Follet and his family. The book starts off were its Jay and his son Rufus take a trip down to the movie theaters. After they get home from the movies, later on that night Jay gets a call from his brother Ralph. Ralph sounded drunk on the phone and like he was crying. Jay doesnt get much out of him only that his paw meaning father had another one of his attacks. Ralph said "But O Lord God, hit looks like the end , Jay!" After a little longer on the phone Jay decides to pack his things and drive up to his parents house to see if everythings alright. When he finally got to the house Jay soon found out that Ralph had exaggerated on the sitution and his father was fine. After it goes back to the little boy Rufus and his Aunt Hannah and they had gone shopping. Rufus picked out one thing that he wanted. A littler later on in the book Jays wife Mary gets a call. She answered to a starnge man on he other line whispering to her. She couldnt understand what he was saying so she told him to speak louder. Finally speaks louder and says that her husbend has been in an accident. After we soon find out that Jay was in the accident and killed instantly. Throughout the rest of the book it goes through veiwpoints from different people. Like his son Rufus, his brother and, his wife Mary. It tells about how they are dealing with the death and how each has different memories. = =﻿ =