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Red Dress Ink, Apr 2002, 12.95, 288 pp.
ISBN: 0373250150
After exclusively seeing the same man Derek for two years, Emma Carter felt they were committed to one another. Instead when a Hollywood producer optioned Derek's screenplay and offered him a job as a script doctor, he dumps Emma and heads west.
In the weeks following the break-up, Emma is mess. She concludes that she is a spinster. She goes after a job promotion she does not really want and drives her friends crazy with her depression. Ultimately, Emma looks within and realizes she does not need a man to live a full life; only to find love when she least expects it.
Lynda Curnyn has written a novel featuring a heroine that most people will enjoy reading about and even sympathize with her intense angst. Emma does not always behave admirably but even with some questionable decisions, she gets her act together. CONFESSIONS OF AN EX-GIRLFRIEND is part comedy, but mostly a serious, delightful look at people at a painful point in their lives.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Tone of book?
- depressed
Time/era of story
- present (2000-2010)
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- boatload of casual sex without love
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Struggle over
- vague finding self/purpose in life (i.e. no plot to book)
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Druggie/Wino problems?
- alcohol
Love problems?
- Obession with uninterested person
Lover is
- totally uninterested
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- writer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
- a lot of stream of consciousness
- written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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