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"Jimmy Heartsock, a Sergeant in the American Army, has dumped his beautiful girlfriend Christy. Now he decides he wants her back and wants to marry her. He follows her to a bus depot carpark and proposes on bended knee. She doesn't want to marry him and she is in fact four months pregnant with his child. However he persuades her to let him drive her in his Chevy Nova the rest of the way to Texas. On the way they discuss their lives. Jimmy confides about his father's manic depression and suicide; Christy about her mother who left her as a child. Won over Christy agrees to marry Jimmy and they take a detour to Ohio to visit Jimmy's childhood priest. The priest after discussing life with Jimmy agrees to marry them and Christy's father and best friend fly in for the wedding. The couple honeymoon in New Orleans. It is here during the Mardi Gras that Christy starts to bleed and they rush to the nearest hospital. Christy although endangering the pregnancy persuades Jimmy to drive her home to Texas and the couple are stopped for speeding by the police. Jimmy is AWOL from the army and is facing dishonourable discharge. Christy happily feels the baby moving and the couple are reunited on the steps of the hospital. This story deals with love, relationships and marriage and how difficult it is to really know someone. The writing is suffused with Hawke's best observations and wisdom about life. "
John Marcel, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- rekindling lost love/marriage
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Pregnancy/Child rearing
Yes
Major part of story:
- dealing with unexpected pregnancy
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
- Deep South
- Midwest
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- actual description of hetero sex
- descript. of female anat. (the big B's)
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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