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"A woman who returns to her hometown and her first love. She finds love is more intense the second time around."
Sarah, Resident Scholar
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"Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go back in time to that one perfect love ? The female character in Alice Hoffman's book " Here on Earth" is a very childish, selfish character. She throws everything out the window, a good marriage and a troubled teen aged daughter, to rekindle a long lost love that should have stayed lost. She almost loses everything in her obsession over a very troubled lover. "
Angela Cowart, Resident Scholar
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"March is the main female character in Alice Hoffman's book "Here on Earth" This book was written in 1997. Hoffamn wrote this book thinkin about what would happen to her if she caught up with her high school crush after twenty years. March is a very inconsiderate and immature person. She goe back to her hometown for a funeral of the housekeeper who took care of her when she was little. Instead she only finds trouble. march ends up finding her ex lover who she should of never been thinking about. Why? Because she is married and has a teenage daughter who is already going through somethings already. "
Ebony Jackson, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- rekindling lost love/marriage
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- wealthy
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb:
Yes
Eccentric:
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 8 ()
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- ranch
- lot of descript of animal care
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- actual description of hetero sex
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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