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The Copper Beech
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Plot Summary of The Copper Beech
"This is a story of the lives of the people who live in a small town in Ireland. There are no real main characters, because everyone in this book is somehow tied to another. It was a hard book to review, but a defiante good read. The writing style for this book is a bit different, but it is guaranteed to pull at your heart strings. It will make you laugh, cry, and cheer at the end."
Darcey, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's
Difficult/unusual lover? Yes
How difficult? - wild lover - very shy/inexperienced
Love Triangles/Polygons Yes
Making a living subplot Yes
Making a living: - struggle to escape poverty - working at a business - working ordinary lives - attempting to get higher position
Virgin, dramatically devirginized Yes
Family focus? Yes
Family, hating Yes

Main Male Character
Age/status: - long lived adults
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Female Character
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - Ireland

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related? - 50%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - impregnation/reproduction
Focus of story - many multiple characters
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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