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A Woman of Substance
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Plot Summary of A Woman of Substance
"The story begins with the povery-stricken Emma, living in rags, and yet comes out of it a wonderful young adult. Her desire was to be rich-and that is EXACTLY what she became! She works her fingers to the bone to achieve her business goals, becomes a formidable woman, and always gets what she sets out to accomplish through her relentless perserverance! She runs her own chain of stores across the country."
Boppy, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's
Training/promotions story Yes
Life of a profession: - businessman, good overcoming bad ones - businessman, big
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story Yes
Kind of business - big business

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - business executive
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric: - obsessed

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 ()
United States Yes
The US: - California

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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