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Plot Summary of Breaking Her Fall
"Tucker Jones wants to be a good father, but his teenage daughter, Kat, puts him through his paces. A call during the night, from one of Kat's friends, starts a ball rolling that only gathers momentum when Tucker, acting as a brave knight, overreacts while trying to save his daughter's honor.

The reader learns more about what brought Tucker to his currant circumstances as he tells his story. We meet his friends and walk with him as he sorts out the events that led to his arrest and subsequent prosecution for assault.

Stephen Goodwin lives in the Washington area, and he uses his knowledge to create a setting of prosperity and privelege. It is within this backdrop, that the family fights their way back to normal living. The author uses contextual musical lyrics and poetry to raise the reader's understanding of different character's feelings. These techniques evoke an emotional introspective from the reader, and we grow internally, along with Tucker Jones, and his family, as the story unfolds."

Dorothy Halligan, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Breaking Her Fall
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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Daughter
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - small businessman
Age: - 40's-50's
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 - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Profession/status: - small businessman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 ()

Style
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards - a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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