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Plot Summary of Angels
"After the collapse of her marriage, the notoriously sensible Maggie Walsh, younger sister of Claire (“Watermelon”) and elder sister of Rachel (“Rachel's Holiday”) escapes to LA. In Hollywood, she discovers not only the glamorous world of movie making and beautiful people, but more importantly, much about herself. Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout. " Alison, Resident Scholar
"Maggie splits with her husband and flees to Los Angeles to her friend Emily. This is very out of character for her and she does things there the old Maggie walsh would never have dreamed of - kissing women, wearing tights on her head, and getting drunk. Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout. " vicky , Resident Scholar
"Maggie Walsh Garvan has always been the most well behaved, boring Walsh sister. She is married to her first boyfriend, and the couple live a relativly dull life. However, after several monthes of marital strain, Maggie learns that her husband, Paul (or Garv, as she calls him) has been unfaithfull. Maggie leaves him and briefly returns to the bosom of her eccentric Irish family before flying to Los Angeles to stay with a friend. Once in a new city, Maggie decides that it is time for a new life to begin, so boring Maggie starts rubbling elbows with people in the film industry. But after a while Maggie discovers that what she has been doing was really attempting to escape her problems. She realizes that she must deal once and for all the truth about her past, and the real reason her marriage failed. Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout. " fran laniado, Resident Scholar

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Plot
Tone of book? - humorous
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Coping with loss of loved one(s) Yes
Loss of... - husband/boyfriend/squeeze

Main Character
Gender - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - Irish/McCourt
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Age: - 20's-30's

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 (a little)
United States Yes
The US: - California
Europe Yes
European country: - Ireland
City? Yes
City: - Los Angeles

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - lesbians! - actual description of hetero sex
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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