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Harvesting the Heart
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Plot Summary of Harvesting the Heart
"Paige runs away from home at 18, after guilt over an abortion that she kept a secret. She meets Nicholas Prescott, her future cardiac surgeon husband, who has no time for her. When Paige becomes pregnant, and tries to cope with the newborn baby at home by herself most of the time, she eventually cracks up and leaves. "
Boppy, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Harvesting the Heart
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Plot
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Pregnancy/Child rearing Yes
Major part of story: - to abort or not abort - general child raising
Loss of... - mother

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - artist
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - doctor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Genius
Physique - very athletic

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 9 ()
United States Yes
The US: - California

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - actual description of hetero sex
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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