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Plot Summary of April Rising
"A blackly comic tale of spoilt Ellen, returning to her family to find she has been usurped by April, her brother's girlfriend. Worse still, April is sweetness & light and suddenly they see Ellen for the brat she is! Everyone loves April, everyone but Ellen who doesn't trust her & sets about plotting April's removal from her family home. Is April all she seems to be? And how can Ellen become the golden girl once again? A great read & good fun."
Claire Baldwin, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - In-laws
Family, loving relations Yes
Special relationship with - brother
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

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - journalist
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - unemployed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 ()
United States Yes

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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