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| Plot Summary of Sea Music |
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"Lucy lives in Cornwall in a small cottage next to her grandparent's house. She's getting ready to leave home for her first job as a teacher of English in Milan. Her boyfriend Tristan is in the army and is about to be shipped to Kosovo. This turning point in her life is complicating by her grandmother's increasing Alzheimer's Disease along with her grandfather showing signs of confusion and memory lapses. At the start of the story, her family are cared for primarily by Lucy's uncle Barnaby, the local vicar.
Lucy has always felt closer to her grandparents and uncle then she has to her mother, a high achieving barrister in London, now newly married to a German banker. While storing her things in the attic in preparation for her move, she finds a trunk hidden in the eaves. Inside are some documents from the WW2 era, letters and journals written in Polish by her grandmother, and documents in German including a birth certificate that has to be for Lucy's mother Anna. She is confused because the last name and birthdate don't jive with her mother's actual history.
Lucy is curious, worried, and confused. It is apparent there is more to the story of how her grandmother a Polish Jew, escaped to London and met her grandfather. The family is beset by tensions. Her grandparents have always wanted to leave the painful memories of the war behind. Lucy finally confides in Barnaby. They must struggle with how far to pursue this information before the death of Lucy's grandparents. Already, her grandmother cannot explain much. They must wrestle with the issue of whether it is better to explore painful family history, or look towards the future. The characters of this story find a way through these issues that bring them closer together."
Susan Coffey, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Sea Music |
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Our unique search engine provides a wealth of detail about books by breaking them down into many different literary elements, all of which are searchable (click here).
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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
- 1980's-1999
Family, caring for ill
Yes
Who is sick?
- Grampa/ma
because he/she is
- mentally ill
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Struggle over
- search for family/history
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Brain/Body disability?
- mental illness
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- teacher
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
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
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 (an average amount)
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Ice Caps/Sea?
Yes
Where?
- Ocean
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
- No single main character?
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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