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Maybe (Maybe Not): Second Thoughts From a Secret Life
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Plot Summary of Maybe (Maybe Not): Second Thoughts From a Secret Life
"It's easy to make fun of Fulghum, but beneath the apparent simplicity of his stories is not only deep wisdom but pain. In this, his fourth book, along with his usual tales of nice people and great dogs and folk wisdom are accounts of the time this former cowboy, art professor, and minister attempted suicide, his household's anti-Christmas crusade, and the time he was stabbed in a faculty meeting. After a visit to Donald Trump's Taj Mahal in Atlantic City he muses on the nature of gambling, he celebrates a New Year in Crete and considers the richer meaning of the phrase "making love," and there's a fabulous story about conducting the choral movement of Beethoven's Ninth with a symphony that was in deep trouble."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Maybe (Maybe Not): Second Thoughts From a Secret Life
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Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over - vague finding self/purpose in life (i.e. no plot to book) - eccentric nature
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - religious figure
Age: - 40's-50's
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 ()
United States Yes
The US: - West - Pacific NW

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Amount of dialog - little dialog
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