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Plot Summary of Lipstick Diaries
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Five Star, Nov 2004, 26.95, 256 pp.
ISBN: 1594141827

In Greenfield, Indiana grammar school, Kate, Sarah, and Rebecca agreed to be friends for life. They began to keep a diary signed in their particular shade of lipstick that they maintain even when they reach 30.

When Kate learns her younger sister Jen became engaged to Mr. Wrong Mark, a womanizer and editor of the Daily Reporter, she decides to step in and save her sister. She enlists her two friends and they quickly leave from Florida for Indiana. There she persuades Jen to not marry if she or her pals find the perfect human male who can pass their eight criteria dating test. While Kate ruins the prenuptials, her boss Ian and Rebecca's beau Jared arrive to declare their love.

Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Lipstick Diaries
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Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - fighting matchbreaker (parents/authorities) - matchmaking
Family, loving relations Yes
Special relationship with - sister
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - small businessman
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Unusual Style: - a lot of play on words - a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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