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Plot Summary of Homecoming
"There is something this story is missing. Everyone in 85 year old Annette Byrne's family is at war with each other. She wants to gather her family together at home and have them all make peace even knowing the strong bitterness between them. Annette does just that, and they all have a big fight with one another until an incident happens to bring them together while meeting at Annette's home. "
Boppy, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Homecoming
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Plot
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Uncle - Brother
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - 60's-90's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 9 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Lot of foul language? Yes
Unusual Style: - a lot of stream of consciousness - No single main character?
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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