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Plot Summary of Leaving Brooklyn
"Audrey is a 15 year old Jewish American girl growing up in the suburbs during the Post WWII Era. She comes from a middle class family and is comfortable, but she doesn't quite fit in because of a "bad" eye. Her parents try to hide his disfigurement by taking her to see an eye doctor who fits her with a contact lens to make it look normal. During the subsequent check ups, however, the doctor makes advances on Audrey and she loses her virginity to him. Although he is married and has kids, he becomes obsessed with her, and she is astonished because she feels very little for him. "
Jessica, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Leaving Brooklyn
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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of sex: - molestation
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Taboo sex story? Yes
Lover is - much younger/older

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality - Jewish
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - doctor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 (a little)
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast

Style
Person - mostly 1st
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 - actual description of hetero sex - descript. of female anat. (the big B's) - descript. of female anat. (the big V) - descript. of nude males (the big P) - rape/molest (yeech!)
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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