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| Plot Summary of Unfinished Symphony |
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"Melody believed that her mother died in a car crash. Then her best friend sends her a magazine clipping with a picture of a woman who looks remarkably like Mom. Afraid that her mother has faked her death or has amnesia, Melody leaves her new home in Cape Cod to search for her mother in California. As she searches, Melody fears that her mother may not remember her, or worse, that she may not want to remember her."
Steph, Resident Scholar
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" Unfinished Symphony is the sequel to Heart Song. In Unfinished Symphony Melody goes to find her mother. Upon getting to L.A she finds her mother and makes her tell her why she left. Her mother, Haille Logan, finally lets her stay with her. She does not stay for very long because she is almost raped by her mother's agent, and her boyfriend and distant cousin Cary calls to tell her that Uncle Jacob is dead. She goes back to Provincetown, Cape Cod and has to go live with Grandma Olivia, who she despises. Olivia tells her that she wants her to limit her contact with Cary. Melody finally gives in, but schemes with her friend Teresa Patterson for an evening with Cary. They end up making love.
Then just after grandma has a stroke Melody finds out that grandma had put Cary's twin sister, Laura, in an institution. She takes Cary up to the institution, only to find out that Laura is dead. Saddened, they go back to Cape Cod to find out that grandma had slipped into a coma. She dies two days later. Cary and Melody finally are together."
Colleen Tucker, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Unfinished Symphony |
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Plot
Family, struggle with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Mother (or standin)
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:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- actor/actress/producer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 (some)
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
- California
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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