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Plot Summary of Three Wishes
"Bree is hit by car, dies, and comes back to life. She is granted three wishes. She falls in love with Tom Gates a famous writer and the man who hit her with his car. He has moved to this small town to recover from extreme selfishness (Didn't go to his mother's funeral). He is alieniated from his family because of the way she has acted. Bree isn't sure about wishes but when she asks for heat, her house burns down. She wants to see her mother who she never knew but that wish doesn't seem to come true. Tom and Bree marry and she wants a child, even though she isn't supposed to have any. "
Deborah Stoops, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Three Wishes
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her
Matchmake, (will/family) Yes
Matchmaker... - matchmake by angel

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - writer
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Main Female Character
Profession/status: - waitress
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor

Setting
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related? - 80%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy
Focus of story - equally on him and her
Consequences of sex - pregnancy
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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