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"The Honk and Holler, a diner in small-town Oklahoma, has been in business for twelve years with its "opening soon" sign never removed. Fewer strangers pass through town, and the curious local regulars aren't enough business to support the diner anymore. Then comes Vena Takes Horse, hired as a carhop, who shakes up the town and the diner's worn-down owner, the Vietnam vet Caney. She teaches the locals about hope and humor."
Jessica Marler, Resident Scholar
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"Wheelchair-bound Caney Paxton owns a cafe - the Honk and Holler - way out in the middle of nowhere, in eastern Oklahoma. He's got great friends and customers, including the old Molly O. and Bui Khanh, a Vietnamese immigrant who's living for the day his beloved Nguyet comes to the United States, too. It's when Vena Takes Horse, a Crow woman who's in her midthirties, arrives at Caney's door that his life begins to get interesting. She shows up with a stray dog just barely holding on to life. After Caney hires Vena as a carhop, they become close and she reveals to him her sad secrets. "
Ann Gaines, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Life of a profession:
- waitor/waitress
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
If story of urban/rural...
- Small town life
Job/Profession/Status story
Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
- Female
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- American Indian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
- throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
- No single main character?
Amount of dialog
- mostly dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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