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Plot Summary of Bread Alone
"Wyn is completely at a loss when her husband of seven years decides they need to separate. She packs up and heads for Seattle to spend some recovery time with her best friend and finds herself involved with a bakery she finds there. Wyn is reminded of how much she used to love baking, and as she is drawn into the business and the people that work there, Wyn finds herself and learns that she can deal with life on her own."
Sarrah, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Life of a profession: - chef or baker
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over - midlife crisis
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes
Woman's story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Pacific NW
Water? Yes
Water: - sail boat
City? Yes

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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