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"When Mudear Lovejoy passes away, her family gathers in Mulberry, Georgia, to plan her funeral and lay their mother to rest. Betty, Emily and Annie Ruth are Mudear's daughters. Betty lives in the family's hometown and has a beauty salon business, Lovejoy 2. Emily lives in Atlanta and works as a researcher. Annie Ruth is the fragile sister who has suffered a nervous breakdown and works as a television newscaster. The girls' father, Ernest, has spent most of his life supporting Mudear and working in the chalk mines. Mudear was an opiniated, bossy, sassy woman who ruled her roost with an iron fist and a razor sharp tongue. Forever chastising her girls for their "ugly ways", Mudear was housebound and perpetually glued to the television screen. As the Lovejoy family mourns Mudear each family member vents their anger towards their overbearing mother and brings forth memories from the past."
Sandra Calhoune, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Family, struggle with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Mother (or standin)
Family, loving relations
Yes
Special relationship with
- sister
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- blue collar
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- 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:
- Female
Age:
- 60's-90's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Unusual Style:
- No single main character?
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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