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"In part three of the Cutler Family series, Dawn can hardly believe her good fortune. Jimmy, her one true love, helps her find and win back her daughter Christie after Grandmother Cutler puts her up for adoption. Dawn has been given ownership of the family hotel, which was expressed in her real father's will. She and Jimmy get married, and the hotel is doing great. But Dawn still believes that Grandmother Cutler can ruin things for her, even from the grave.
Dawn's mother, Laura Sue, is still self-centered. Randolph, Laura Sue's husband, has become extremely depressed over his mother's death and is slowly losing his mind. When he dies, Clara Sue, Dawn's half sister, actually accuses Dawn of causing Randolph's death at the funeral in front of all the guests. Philip, Dawn's half brother, still lusts after her, even when he gets married. After only a few months after Randolph's death, Laura Sue married for a second time and moves out of the hotel. Dawn moves Clara Sue's personal things out of the hotel and into her mother's new home. When Clara Sue returns from summer vacation to the hotel to find out that Dawn has moved her things out, Clara Sue becomes enraged and beats up Dawn, who is a few months pregnant.
Dawn loses the baby, and loses interest in life. Jimmy comforts Dawn, and builds her their own house, away from the hotel. Dawn tries to have another baby, but is unsucessful. To their great joy, however, Jimmy's little sister, Fern, has been located by personal investigators. Fern's adoptive parents let her live with her real brother and his wife. Dawn tries to love Fern, but Fern is trying to come between Jimmy and Dawn."
Marie Morris, 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
- 1960's-1970's
Family, struggle with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Mother (or standin)
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- a teen
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb:
Yes
Eccentric:
- obsessed
- wild
- eccentric
- emotionally unstable
- dumb
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Retarded
Physique
- quite fatty
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 6 (an above average amount)
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Water?
Yes
Water:
- pleasure/love boat
- peddle boat
- swimming on
- sail boat
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- impregnation/reproduction
Unusual Style:
- a lot of stream of consciousness
- No single main character?
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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