Ladder of Years
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Plot Summary of Ladder of Years

"This is the story of a housewife who feels invisible and taken for granted by her family. On the spur of the moment, during a beach vacation, she decides to just walk away from it all and set up a new life in a small town. She embarks on a voyage of self-discovery, then has to deal with the consequences of her actions when she comes in contact with her husband and children again. A wonderful novel about finding and centering yourself no matter what the cost.

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

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Julie L., Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Ladder of Years

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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - playing footsy while inconveniently married
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Husband
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over - midlife crisis
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 (a good amount)
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Ice Caps/Sea? Yes
Where? - Ocean
Water? Yes
Water: - swimming on

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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