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| Plot Summary of Tully |
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"Tully's life was shaped by her abusive mother and absent father. She found refuge in her friendships with Julie and Jennifer. When, in their senior year of high school, Jennifer becomes depressed, Tully and Julie try to warn Jennifer's parents of the problem, but they don't respond. Jennifer commits suicide. As Tully grows up, she gets married and has a child, but she never forgets Jennifer, or their mutual dream to move to California some day. One day, when Tully brings flowers to Jennifer's grave, she runs into Jack, Jennifer's former boyfriend. Jack and Tully embark upon an affair, and Jack offer Tully the opportunity to move out to California with him, and fulfill her dream and Jennifer's. Now, Tully must decide whether or not to leave her devoted husband, Robin, and break up her family, or to let Jennifer go, and stop trying to live her life for her. "
fran laniado, Resident Scholar
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"Tully started growing up in a very unstable home. Her father left her she is abused sexually by a family member and constanly thinks of suicide. Luckily for Tully, she has two wonderful friends, Juile and Jennifer. During her early teenage years, Tully is a strip dancer at a local bar & gets pregnant at the age of twelve (then has an abortion). During this time, she deserted her friends, Julie and Jennifer, for a life of sex and stripping. Little does she know that her friend Jennifer has become depressed and suicidal. "
Sally, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- depressed
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story:
- high school
Parents/lack of parents problem?
- molestation - unpleasant gift from daddy
Loving/sexing?
- bun/oven
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 ()
United States
Yes
Small town?
Yes
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
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- impregnation/reproduction
- actual description of hetero sex
- descript. of nude males (the big P)
- rape/molest (yeech!)
Lot of foul language?
Yes
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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