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"Elizabeth Shreve has led a careful, calculated life as a psychiatrist, helping others face their fears while she hides from her own. After fifteen years of withering from neglect, her marriage finally crumbles. Into her life comes Jack Bolton, a landscape artist and former patient who has just suffered a severe manic episode. Though Dr. Shreve intends to cure Jack, she finds herself instead swept up in his magical, mythical world of star-crossed love and glorious gardens.
As Elizabeth and Jack's relationship progresses beyond the bounds of doctor andpatient, the lines between genius and madness, creativity and pathology, also become blurred. We witness the chaos and suffering, but also the beauty and healing, that the bipolar mind can bring. Jack refuses medication, believing it will rob of him of his ability to bring out the beauty around him. He challenges Elizabeth to escape the straitjacket of her own fears, and helps Elizabeth's fourteen year old daughter embrace her own uniqueness. He creates lavish gardens, each one more elaborate than the next, all in one manic, glorious summer, until the chill of autumn, and his own depression, settles in. Elizabeth must then discover just how much Jack and her newfound freedom mean to her by putting her entire career on the line to save him."
Rob Cohen, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- present (2000-2010)
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Battle with a psychiatrist
Yes
Brain/Body disability?
- mental illness
Lover is
- mentally ill
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- artist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
- mentally ill
- wild
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Genius
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- doctor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 8 (a significant amount)
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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