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| Plot Summary of Unsettling |
"Lucy Olivera, a tough-as-rawhide, 38 year old Denver police officer, is about to embark on a life altering saga called marriage. Lucy has vowed never, ever to marry considering her relationships track record but mainy because of the Olivera curse. Not one Olivera has had a successful first marriage. That was before Ruben entered her life and becomes her love buddy.
Determined to get the alter, Lucy calls on Annette, Mercedes and Cristina, her three best friends from childhood. They run not only to Lucy's aid but they away from their own ugly, mixed up realities of life. The girls decide to focus on Lucy and not on their own insurmountable problems. Helping Lucy to get to the altar is not an easy task and calls for desperate measures. But when Lucy bolts from the reception, her friends' problems surface adding humorous chaos to an already chaotic mix.
Cristina remembers an article about a guru, living in New Mexico, who helps people make sense out of senseless lives. What can they possibly do but search for this reclusive la curandera (medicine woman)? Each of the three ladies are hoping that she can work some magic on their lives."
Pauline Bennett, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Unsettling |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- humorous
Time/era of story
- present (2000-2010)
Family, struggle with
Yes
Struggle with:
- wedding preparations
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- almost none
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- druggie/wino disease
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Unusual Style:
- a lot of play on words
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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