The Woman Next Door
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Plot Summary of The Woman Next Door

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Simon & Schuster, Aug 2001, 25.00, 368 pp.
ISBN: 0743204697

    Amanda came from a background where her parents continually fought so she wanted to make sure that the man she married would really be the one for her and he alone. When she first set eyes on Graham O'Leary, Amanda felt a flutter inside her heart. By the second date, she knew he was the person she wanted to spend the rest of her life with. They bought a house in Woodley, Connecticut and spent their first year of marriage adjusting to one another.

    Both want children and in their second year of marriage try to have a baby. They fail to conceive and as the years pass they finally visit a fertility specialist, but in doing so some of the spark and spontaneity exit their marriage. When THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR turns up pregnant, everyone, even Amanda, wonders if Graham is the father?

    Barbara Delinsky has written a real heartwarming dramatic romance centering on two people who clearly love each other, but still have problems because a key desire cannot be fulfilled from within. THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR shows the psychological strains, traumas, and agonies on an infertile couple. Ms. Delinsky is on her way back to all the lists with this deep, complex and beautiful tale.

Harriet Klausner

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Review Analysis of The Woman Next Door

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Plot
Struggling with whom? - In-law
Inner struggle subplot Yes
Struggle with... - (general) search for identity/new understanding
Children/Pregnancy Yes
Children/Pregnancy: - Can't get pregnant
Family focus? Yes
Family, hating Yes

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - small businessman
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - blissful
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - teacher
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - blissful
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 40%
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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