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"In the 1920s, the Cook family made a decent living making and supplying booze to the alcohol-deprived Americans during the Prohibition. Goldie, the eldest daughter, helps her father at the whiskey stills while caring for her younger sisters and her sick mother. When her mother passes away and her father is killed shortly thereafter, Goldie takes on even more responsibility as the main parental figure for her siblings. She experienced tragedy at a young age, but she did not let it break her morale. With her sisters' best interest in mind, she enrolls Ruby, Annie, and Emily in a boarding school in Tulsa, though it isn't easy saying good-bye to her siblings. She returns home to manage the family business. Her trials along the way include standing up to a snooty, self-righteous aunt, befriending a black family despite the racial taboos of the time, and finding love in the wrong place. Goldie is deemed sassy, uncultured, and sometimes crass, but she proves she has a lot of compassion and wit."
Cassie, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- humorous
Time/era of story
- 1900-1920's
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- struggling to earn a living to survive
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story:
- high school
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- trader
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- impregnation/reproduction
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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