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Cargando... She Tumbled Down: a short storypor Lorraine Devon Wilke
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"This short story of just 7300 words is more than a little sinister as Lorraine Devon Wilke weaves two storylines together to a conclusion which leaves real moral connotations in its wake... Although it gave me a chill, it is something many people can relate to – making that split decision which changes your future forever and from which you may never recover. Haunting and vital." "This is a very well written story of a terrible tragedy and how it affected so many lives. Lorraine Devon Wilke is an excellent writer. I finished the book in an hour or so, fully captivated—mentally and emotionally. I was really pulling for the characters. It was quite easy to understand the complexities involved." "She Tumbled Down pulls the reader in from the very first paragraph. The author has a fine gift of telling a story in a way that plays out in living color. There is an authentic life-force in her voice. Real heartfelt emotion that comes across as true as day. There is lightness and there is dark. The story travels around to both sides. As a reader I wanted, hoping to know everything would turn out okay but guessing it would not. I was left to guess as I read at a feverish pace."
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At about the same time and very inebriated man leaves another party to head home. The two of them meet on a dark street, she while walking in a crosswalk, he in a speeding luxury vehicle.
After the impact, he leaves the scene to make the necessary arrangements to keep his life intact while she lies dying on the roadside. He never even gets out of the vehicle.
In She Tumbled Down, author Lorraine Devon Wilke asks, “What kind of person could do such a thing...hit someone then just drive away?” and then she goes on to answer it.
Told from the point of view of the perpetrator, Wilke enters into his world of rationalization and justification. As the story unfolds and three years pass, the reader is brought to the brink of empathy, just as the woman who has fallen in love with him is when he confesses to her. He’s repentant, he helps others, he tries to be the best person he can be, admitting his crime now would do more harm than good.
What should she do? What would you do?
This is a masterfully told tale, flawlessly written with authentic characters and brimming with drama and reality. A remarkable achievement in the difficult genre of the short story.