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Plot Summary of Plumage
"Plumage is the story of a divorced woman, who goes to work at a hotel, and is swept into a alternate 'world' of magic where she learns to express herself and be the woman she has forgotten how to be. Supporting cast characters include a drag queen, her slimey ex-husband AND Robin Hood! "
Fuyuko Nichols, Resident Scholar

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Plot
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - part earth & part fantasy world
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Plotlets: - exploring a wondrous planet or phenomena
Romance Yes
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - search for identity/new understanding
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Human/magical couple? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - homemaker
Age: - 40's-50's
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
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: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - small businessman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Terrain - Jungle
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - empty, or nearly empty world
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
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Rainbow Mars by Larry Niven
Fools Errant by Matthew Hughes


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