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Margaret Atwood's Death By Landscape
In the story “Death by Landscape by author Margaret Atwood the story is told from Lois’s point a view. Lois who comes from a wealthy family and enjoyed going to summer camp is now an older woman that lives alone since her husband Rod has passed away. Lois now lives in a condo apartment that is in a better condition than the place she was living in before. The Lois remembers her childhood memories with her close childhood friend Lucy who ends up disappearing. It all started when Lois went to a summer camp and met her childhood friend Lucy. As Lucy and Lois were on a canoe trip, Lucy disappeared and no one was able to find her. Later throughout the story Lois explains how after Luci disappear she ends up spending the rest of her life collecting

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