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Plot Summary of A Strange Arrangement
"A bitter divorced man gets more than he bargains for when he takes a job as a "caretaker" to his friend's eccentric wife but soon finds himself drawn into her arms and bed."
Fran Upman, Resident Scholar




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Review Analysis of A Strange Arrangement
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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - seduction (yum!) - playing footsy while inconveniently married
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over - vague finding self/purpose in life (i.e. no plot to book)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Taboo sex story? Yes
Brain/Body disability? - physical disability

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - writer
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric - obsessed
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - physically sick

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
City? Yes
City: - New York

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of hetero sex - descript. of female anat. (the big V) - descript. of nude males (the big P)
Lot of foul language? Yes
Unusual Style: - No single main character?
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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