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"Two or three sentences isn't really enough because a lot of plot exists in this book, but the main thread revolves around a girl who is raped by her father, becomes pregnant, gets an abortion, accidentally kills her father, and defends herself in court. There are other plot threads that intertwine. Think "Pulp Fiction"."
Chris Shirley, Resident Scholar
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"The book centers around several small town people. One is an aspiring writer who idiolizes a father she never knew. One is a victim of abuse by her father and neglect by her mother. Throughout the book there are small town themes; rich vs. poor, sex, and small town prejudice. The characters all struggle with defining who they are in a time when the roles of men and women were changing."
sarebear, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- upbeat
Time/era of story
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Family, struggle with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Father (or standin)
Kind of sex:
- incest
- rape
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
If story of urban/rural...
- Small town life
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Taboo sex story?
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- journalist
- writer
Age:
- a teen
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 8 (a significant amount)
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
- dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
- explicit references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- impregnation/reproduction
- 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
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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