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Plot Summary of An Ocean Apart
"For six awful months, David Costorphine has tried to come to terms with his young wife's death as a result of leukemia. He is trying to care for his three motherless children, and cope with life. He can't return to work though, it is just too much.

He gets an opportunity unexpectedly in New York. The journey to New York, though, proves both disastrous and yet heartening at once. David finds himself settling in comfortably with the strangers of a seaside Long Island town.

David gets a job different than what he expected while in New York as well, ands gradually begins to heal from the loss of his beloved wife."

Boppy, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Family, caring for ill Yes
Who is sick? - wife
because he/she is - physically ill
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Coping with loss of loved one(s) Yes
Loss of... - wife/girlfriend/squeeze

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - business executive
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - Eastern Europe

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Unusual Style: - a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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