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"Annaliz Fallon, 79 years old, has had a stroke and is now in a wheel chair in an Assisted Living Facility in her home town of Cameron, Washington. Her daughter, Karen, has kept her secreted from her friends from Mazatlan, Mexico. She hopes her mother will forget John Lambert, a best selling author, who wishes to marry Annaliz and take her back to Mazatlan, to her favorite chair and her beautiful patio. Her daughter has forged her mother's signature on guardianship papers to keep control over her and has spent most of Annaliz' money playing the stock market. In order to again be her own boss, Annaliz has had to take her daughter to court.
John finally locates Annaliz and helps her move from the institution to a hotel. Since he is gone much of the time to speak on talk shows, Annaliz moves into a rest home, believing she can help others, and finds she is being helped more than they are. The wisdom of someone her age does help to soften life in an institution. Although she knows bad things happen, she keeps an optimistic attitude, trying to find something fun to do each day. She shows the reader she loves life. "
, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- present (2000-2010)
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Struggle over
- dying
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- artist
Age:
- 60's-90'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
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- homemaker
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- quite fatty
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 6 ()
United States
Yes
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Unusual Style:
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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