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Plot Summary of Butterflies...
"Everyone in Santa Monica wants to get their children into a prestigious preschool called Butterflies and Puppydog Tails. Eve is a former poor, small-town girl who is married to a big time Hollywood producer and is trying to fit into the chi-chi crowd by enrolling her daughter in the school. She finds, however, that being rich and well-connected isn't everything and learns to focus on her family and self."
Julie L., Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - playing footsy while inconveniently married
Poverty, surviving Yes
Kind of living: - general poverty story
Strong "rags to riches" component? Yes
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Husband
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - 20's-30's
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? - 2 ()
United States Yes
The US: - California
City? Yes
City: - Los Angeles
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Amount of dialog - mostly dialog
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