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Plot Summary of Peaches and Cream
""Life isn't all peaches and cream, you know. Sometimes it's just the pits," a wise woman is believed to have said. This woman is Gigi. She is the paternal grandmother of Debra, who tells her story in "Peaches and Cream." This
is not the usual, childhood memories story, however. It is not a story of "rags to riches," nor one of a talented and driven young person who succeeds beyond her wildest dreams. It is the story of an average girl, one you may have known in your past and certainly a girl you would like to know. It is does not relay events of astounding and unusual magnitude nor present a lifestyle one might aspire to but never hope to attain. It is simply a humorous and
sometimes touching story of an interesting but very real-to-life family. It is a story about people you would like to know and call your friends."

Donna Soderlun Hoffman, Resident Scholar




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Review Analysis of Peaches and Cream
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Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's
Family, loving relations Yes
Special relationship with - mother
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Outside culture (society) - American West
If story of urban/rural... - Small town life
Woman's story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Age: - a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 6 ()
United States Yes
The US: - West
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards
Is this an e-book? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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