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| Plot Summary of Hidden Grace |
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"Grace Albright begins her therapy an emotionless, despairing woman, almost 60, ready to die. Dr. Wilder's unconventional psychotherapy takes her from hostile resistance following her attempted suicide to a place where long-repressed memories of the shocking psychological and sexual abuse she suffered in foster homes as a child come to light. In therapy sessions and in the startlingly candid journal she writes, Grace relives the tumultuous period of her life between the Great Depression and the Nineteen-fifties.
When the disillusioned Dr. Wilder takes a pistol to his own chest, it becomes shockingly clear just how disturbed he has been, and the damaging tyranny of Dr. Wilder's successful but demeaning physician father is revealed. Dr. Wilder survives the act, but must find a way to go on living. And what of Grace?
Grace recalls her painful youth. At the age of six, following the death of her mother, she is taken from the warm nurturing of her birth home. Grace's suffering intensifies while in the clutches of her foster parents, the Speans, a deeply troubled couple with one son, the only survivor of a brood of babies who died as infants. The bitter and sadistic Mrs. Spean dominates her son and husband and acts out her vitriol in three years of sadistic abuse of Grace.
Through therapy, Grace is able to unburden herself and move ahead with her life, completing dreams long left dormant. Meanwhile, Dr. Wilder draws hope and inspiration from Grace's courage. Strengthened by their mutual relationship of healing and revelation, Grace and Dr. Wilder both survive.
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Gar Roper, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Hidden Grace |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- very sensitive (sigh)
Time/era of story
- 1930's-1950's
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Battle with a psychiatrist
Yes
Parents/lack of parents problem?
- molestation - unpleasant gift from daddy
Brain/Body disability?
- mental illness
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- blue collar
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- physically sick
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb:
Yes
Eccentric:
- emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 ()
Small town?
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- actual description of hetero sex
Lot of foul language?
Yes
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
- written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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