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Plot Summary of The Broken Wing
"The Broken Wing is about Tessa Morley, the secretary to Quentin Otway, who is famous in the musical world as a director, and also a great singer in her own right. The problem is that she has a limp, so she could not have a stage career. A big music festival is coming up, and Tessa's sister Tania, who gets all the attention, begs for an audition to sing in a opera. She gets the job even though Oscar Warrendar, the great conductor, isn't so sure that she should. When they move to the festival grounds Tessa begins to fall for her boss, but thinks he doesn't like her(isn't that always the case!). Warrendar stumbles upon Tessa's secret of singing and secretly trains her to sing in the concert. Tessa and Quinton have a big fight, but they reconcile. Along the way Tessa thinks that Tania and Quinton are engaged. Is that the case?
*This book is in THE WARRENDAR SAGA. It is book 2.
*This book is also kinda old, and probably out of print."

Kitty, Resident Scholar

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Plot
Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's
Difficult/unusual lover? Yes
How difficult? - disabled/ugly
Inner struggle subplot Yes
Disability or addiction? - physical disability/sickness/injury

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - artist
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - secretary
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion - resort/hotel

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 50%
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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