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Plot Summary of Hissy Fit
"Keeley Murdock's wedding and the social event of the season in the small town of Madison, Georgia is an anticipated event! It ALMOST takes place. The guests of the rehearsal dinner have gathered at the the country club and there they wait for the missing groom. He was soon located by the bride herself as he was sowing some wild oats with the maid of honor in the boardroom.

Keeley calls off the wedding and concentrates on her interior design business as the town gossips about both her and her fiance A.J. Jernigans actions and re-actions. A.J.'s family is influencial in the small town of Madison and financial pressure is brought to Keeley. She could have lost the shop but for a new resident.

Will Mahoney buys a derelict antebellum mansion and the failing bra factory that once gave many in the small town their incomes. Will hires Keeley and her interior design company to restore the once beautiful old manse and saves her from the financial cluthes of her cheating ex's family.

Keeley loses herself in restoring the mansion and filling it with period pieces that she hand selects herself. She falls in love with the house and finds herself attracted to the man who has hired her to restore it for the woman he believes he loves.

Keeley also uncovers and solves a mystery that has haunted her and her father for 25 years. Her mothers disappearance."

Karen Brook, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Hissy Fit
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Plot
Tone of book? - humorous
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - marriage/relationship going to pieces
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Lover is - afraid of commitment

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - artist
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - artist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 ()
United States Yes
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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