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Plot Summary of Heaven Help Us!
"Gideon Abel is a young recently ordained Rabbi, beginning his career as the spiritual leader of the suburban, conservative community of Hillendale. Written in diary format (each month's installment describes a different adventure in which Gideon's actions are proved wrong), this novel depicts the first year of Gideon's life as a pulpit rabbi.

From his first Bar Mitzvah, to his first wedding and his first funeral, Gideon learns about working with people, struggling to explain his liberal, idealistic mentality to the business people of the suburbs. He meets many droll characters: Mrs. Greenwood, who makes it her personal mission to fatten him up and marry him off, Dore Redmont, who needs something to do with his life now that he has made his fortune, and Barney Singer, the Robert's Rules of Order toting president of the Temple. "

Samantha S., Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Heaven Help Us!
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Plot
Tone of book? - humorous
Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's
Life of a profession: - religious figure
Inside culture (main char) - Jew
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - religious figure
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality - Jewish
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 (a fair amount)
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Small town? Yes

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing
Unusual Style: - written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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