Undercurrents: A Novel
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Plot Summary of Undercurrents: A Novel

"The basis of this story is a woman leaving her husband and taking her child to a seaside town in France with 10,000 Francs in cash. The father dispatches a private detective to track her down. But the story is so sensuously and descriptively written, the prose poetic and haunting that you read the book as if in a dream being caressed by the imagery of the words. There is an estate agent who fancies his chances, and a surfer who befriends both mother and daughter as subplots. A beautiful dreamlike book.

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

"
John Marcel, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Undercurrents: A Novel

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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Inside culture (main char) - French
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Husband
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
Outside culture (society) - French
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - homemaker
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality - French
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: - none

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 10 (a tremendous amount)
Europe Yes
European country: - France
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog

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