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"It is a girl's coming of age story, an extremely introspective girl who was almost totally left to her own resources to determine how to survive in the adult world. The primary guidance given to her by her parents were their inculcations to be a good Catholic. The story is set in New Orleans in the late 1960's and early 70's. It begins when she is 17 and ends when she is 24 and is struggling with the same mental illnesses that ravaged her mother's life.
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Janice Haas Kasten, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- depressed
Time/era of story
- 1960's-1970's
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- religious influences
Family, struggle with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Brother
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story:
- college
Something wrong upstairs/downstairs?
- mental illness
Brain/Body disability?
- mental illness
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- obsessed
- emotionally unstable
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
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:
- society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 6 (an above average amount)
City?
Yes
City:
- New Orleans
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- lesbians!
- actual description of hetero sex
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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