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Plot Summary of Achieving It All
"ACHIEVING IT ALL is hilarious, outrageous, and bittersweet. The main character thinks her husband is having an affair and begins the quest for her own orgasm. Not only does the book deal with the issue of female sexuality, but she has wonderfully woven sexual harassment into the plot as well. "
Bengta Boydstrom, Resident Scholar




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Plot
Difficult/unusual lover? Yes
How difficult? - She's frigid
Seduction/coercion/force Yes
How seduced/forced? - threat of economic ruinment
Making a living subplot Yes
Making a living: - office romance among coworkers
If one lover chases another... - they alternate

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - small businessman
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Sex makes him - more demanding
Sex has bad effect on him Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - business executive
effect of sexing - confused - unhappy for sexing the guy
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 90%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - touching of anatomy - use of artificial tools - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of sex
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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