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Plot Summary of Another World
"This book is about the main character Nick dealing with his grandfather's terminal illness and his feeling about World War1 which he served in. Nick also has to cope with his family where he has childen from a previous marriage, and also step children and the problems and conflicts which arise from such a fragmented family life."
Matthew Mcallister, Resident Scholar

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Plot
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Family, caring for ill Yes
Who is sick? - Grampa/ma
because he/she is - physically ill
Pregnancy/Child rearing Yes
Major part of story: - general child raising
Conflict: - War, general

Main Character
Gender - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Nationality - British
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 (a little)
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - actual description of hetero sex
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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