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Plot Summary of Goldfish Dreams
"Eileen Greenwood's first year at Southern Michigan University means freedom: freedom from the brother who molested her, freedom from the father who refused to believe her, and freedom from the sister who turned her back on it all. Eileen desperately wants to escape the past and live her life, but nightmares and flashbacks make it impossible to forget what she endured. Instead, she becomes obsessed with learning what transformed her brother into a predator.

In the effort to understand, she risks her health, her friendships, and her future. She will face both her own memories of the past, and a monster far worse than her brother... if she can find the strength to confront him."

Jim Hines, Resident Scholar


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Review Analysis of Goldfish Dreams
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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Brother
Kind of sex: - molestation
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Taboo sex story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 6 (an above average amount)
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - rape/molest (yeech!)
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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