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"Orphan Leonara Halloway was raised by her cold, vindictive step-grandmother and her distant, elderly grandfather. Her father was killed before her birth in World War I and her mother died shortly after her birth. Leonora grows up in a house full of secrets and dim references to a murder many years ago. No one will answer her questions. When her grandfather dies, it is revealed to Leonora that John Hallows, the man she believed to be her father, actually died 10 months before her birth and that her mother was a whore. The grandmother inherits all property and money and virtually enslaves Leonora for many years. Eventually, Leonora falls in love, marries and leaves her grandmother and ancestral home for good. One day an elderly soldier comes to her house to tell her that he knew her father and mother. He was a party to all their secrets and Leonora finds out more about her family than she could ever imagine."
Maureen Collier, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1900-1920's
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Struggle over
- search for family/history
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 (an average amount)
Europe
Yes
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript. of female anat. (the big B's)
Unusual Style:
- No single main character?
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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