You Can't Go Home Again
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Plot Summary of You Can't Go Home Again

"Just before the great stockmarket crash of '29, George Webber moves from a small town in North Carolina to New York City, where he writes his first novel. Folks back home are thrilled he has based his novel on life in his home town, thrilled until they actually read the novel. Angered by the frank and direct descriptions of the town's faults and mannerisms, folks back home send nasty letters and make late night phone calls, ranging from polite chastisement to death threats. The fact that his book becomes a best seller only heightens the pain that George feels over his home town's new emnity toward him. George's experiences reveal a realistic and honest view of one man's struggle to find his place in life; he cannot go home again because nothing ever stays the same.

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

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sayruh, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of You Can't Go Home Again

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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's
Life of a profession: - writer
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - writer
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 (an average amount)
Europe Yes
City? Yes
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee - dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog

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