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Plot Summary of Echoes
"If you shout your question into the belly of the cave, it echoes the answer you are looking for. This book captures the quirks of small town life and lives of the people living it.
Maeve Binchy does not disappoint her faithful readers with another page turner. I could not put this one down."

Darcey, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Echoes
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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's
Life of a profession: - teacher
Inside culture (main char) - Irish
Other aspects: - story of the poor
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Outside culture (society) - Irish
If story of urban/rural... - Small town life
Job/Profession/Status story Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes
Woman's story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - Irish/McCourt
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - society

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - Ireland

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Unusual Style: - No single main character?
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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