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Plot Summary of Casa Grande
"This story tells the life of Laura Taylor, an artist seeking to repay her hometown for sending her to school. Throughout her life, she finds love, heartache, a daughter she can't seem to be at peace with and a beautiful resort that becomes famous. No matter the setbacks, she always sees herself through, and in the end, she and her daughter find an understanding in each other that was there the whole time. This is one of the lost Jude Deveraux books, very different from most of her other work."
Brandy Todd, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Casa Grande
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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Daughter

Main Character
Gender - Female

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
Desert? Yes
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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