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Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
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Plot Summary of Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
"Miss Julia, a recently bereaved and newly wealthy widow, is only slightly bemused when one Hazel Marie Puckett appears at her door with a young boy in tow. She unceremoniously announces that the child is the son of Miss Julia's late husband. Suddenly, this longtime church member and pillar of her small Southern community finds herself in the center of an unseemly scandal-and the guardian of a wan nine-year-old whose mere presence turns her life upside down."
Boppy, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Family, loving relations Yes
Special relationship with - son
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Coping with loss of loved one(s) Yes
Loss of... - husband/boyfriend/squeeze

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 - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - student
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric: - dumb
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Dumb
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast
City? Yes

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Unusual Style: - a lot of play on words
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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