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Plot Summary of Letters For Sarah
""Letters For Sarah" tells two stories. One is about an eight year old girl named Sarah, who lives in rural Idaho, and faces unimaginable child abuse and neglect. The other story is about a wealthy 16 year old girl from Seattle, who falls in love with her father's enemy and has to face the consequences.   The lives of the two girls come together when Sarah (just after her 18th birthday) finds a music box full of old letters. The discovery changes her life forever!"
Sue Thompson, Resident Scholar


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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Mother (or standin)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Loss of... - mother

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a kid
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 - Average intelligence

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - homemaker
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 (a fair amount)
United States Yes
The US: - Pacific NW
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK - France
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - impregnation/reproduction
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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