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Plot Summary of Brown-Eyed Girl

"Sally Alder is a bar singer turned history professor. She's offered the Dunwoodie Chair of women's history at the University of Wyoming, but mostly she is working on Meg Dunwoodie's biography. There's a rumor that there is buried treasure on the property, and a skinhead (distantly related to Dunwoodie) joins a militia. They try to break in and find the supposed treasure and try to scare Sally Alder off with skinhead/hate tactics.

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

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Ann, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Brown-Eyed Girl

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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%

Tone of story - very humorous
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Crime plotlets: - search for gems/treasure/money
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - militia/racists
Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - scholar
Age: - 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use? - none
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - wealthy
Eccentric: Yes - wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - radical right wingers
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Dumb
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - West
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - ranch

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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