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Plot Summary of The Missing Piece
"Lorraine left Dylan on a wintry night after he'd spent one too many nights out with the boys. Unable to cope with the loss, Dylan escapes the painful feelings by drinking them away. This decision costs him a year and a half of his life after he stops in a little mountain town and ends up in the local jail. When he's released, he returns home in search of a job to get his life—and his wife back. A compassionate minister hires Dylan to do maintenance work at his church, but what Dylan doesn't know is that the church that he cleans and repairs will soon lead to his own cleansing and mending before he sets out to win his wife back.

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Carol McCormick, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Missing Piece
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Plot
Time/era of story - Present (2000-2010)
Searching/Rekindling love? Yes
Lost Lover: - rekindling love after long time
Inner struggle subplot Yes
If one lover chases another... - they alternate
Disability or addiction? - alcohol

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - laborer/blue collar
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - doctor/medical
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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