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"This is the very fascinating story of many forms of love.
Ms. Binchy excels in intimately acquainting the reader with a woman who is has desperately searched for "true" love. When she feels she has found it, once again she realizes her loss. The story is very complex and never dull. I think back on the story often and will always consider "The Glass Lake" one of the most excellent books I have read."
Delight Comphel, Resident Scholar
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"A women leaves her family to live with her first love. However, mismatched events leads the family to believe she drowned in the lake instead. This is the struggle of the daughter growing up without a mother, and later finding out her mother is alive and well. "
Colleen, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 1960's-1970's
- 1930's-1950's
Marriage/Married
Yes
Marriage subplot:
- marriage of convenience spurring real love
Searching/Rekindling love?
Yes
Lost Lover:
- rekindling love after long time
Who:
- momma
Inner struggle subplot
Yes
Struggle with...
- (general) search for identity/new understanding
Is really...
- not in love (pretended so)
Family focus?
Yes
Family, loving
Yes
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age/status:
- 40's-50's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
- somewhat romantic
Sex makes him
- guilty
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- confident
- blissful
- sensitive
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- homemaker
Eccentric/Mental:
Yes
Eccentric:
- emotionally unstable
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
- "Zip'm down, zip'm up. Next!"
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
effect of sexing
- guilty
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Genius
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Ireland
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
What % of story is romance related?
- 90%
Focus of story
- Her
- equally on two couples
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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