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Chapters 1-2

• Chapter One is narrated by Jack.

• Jack's wife, Ruby, has died of lung cancer.

• Ruby had filled the deep freezer with food for Jack before she died.

• Jack's final memory of Ruby is of her asking for a cigarette on her deathbed.
• Ruby is the narrator of Chapter Two.

• Ruby is stocking the freezer so Jack won't have to take care of himself for a while.

• Ruby recalls the day she was diagnosed, and that Jack said he did not believe she would die.

• Ruby was upset by Jack trying to console her; she really just needed a dose of reality.

• Ruby recalls when her grandmother passed away when she was a child and a similar situation happened with her grandmother and grandfather.
• Ruby came to realize that everyone grieves in their own way.

Chapter 3

• Jack recalls how his mother was strong and tough.

• Jack knows...

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