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Plot Summary of Letters to Jenny
"One day author Piers Anthony recieved a letter from the mother of a fan. The fan is Jenny, and she had been hit by a drunk driver and had been in a coma ever since. Her mother thought that maybe a letter from her favourite author would bring her out of the coma. It did. Piers continues to write to her (even to this day) and has published the first years worth of letters in the book. Throughout the novel the reader learns a lot of the personal life of Piers Anthony. You also learn a lot about his compassion. He writes a character into his novels for Jenny. He goes to a convention that is near her for the sole reason that it is near her and he will get to meet her. All throughout, he encourages Jenny's recovery and sends her things that he thinks she would like. "
Shawn Vaillancourt, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Phys disability/mental struggle? Yes
Struggle with - physical disability/sickness
Pal/friendship story Yes
Period of greatest activity? - 1950+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - American (!)
Intelligence - Smarter than most other people
Physique - missing body parts/abilities

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast
Century: - 1980's-Present

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Book makes you feel? - encouraged
Is book humorous? Yes
If humorous, kind of humor - puns - gentle
Commentary on society? Yes
Commentary on - decency - selfishness - justice system - dying
Writer's slant towards subject: - very favorable
Story of entire life, or part? - story of set of events during life
Is this a biography of several people? Yes
How much dialogue in bio? - little dialog
How much is philosophy rather than life story? - 0-25% of book
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