The Cure for Death by Lightning
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Plot Summary of The Cure for Death by Lightning

"Beth Weeks lives on a farm in British Columbia, during the 2nd World War. She is trapped in a life from which she cannot escape - a bear attack a few years earlier has left her father unstable and threatening, to the point of abusing her. At the age of 15, she is trying to come to terms with herself and where she fits in - she finds herself happier with the Native Americans than with her own town, and is persecuted as a result. Added to this, she must wrestle with her sexuality, deciding who she loves more, Dennis, Nora or Billy, both Indians. The difficulty of these choices leaves her isolated and afraid - not least because, throughout the book, she is being pursued by an Indian spirit, Coyote. Coyote has claimed her for his wife - and he kills all his wives.

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

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Francoise Harvey, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Cure for Death by Lightning

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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1900-1920's
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Father (or standin)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Lover is - of a different race (interracial loving!)

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - homemaker
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 - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - farmer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 (a fair amount)
Forest? Yes
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - touching of anatomy - rape/molest (yeech!)
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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