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All Families Are Psychotic
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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Father (or standin) - Mother (or standin) - Son - Daughter - Brother - Sister - Husband - Wife
Family, caring for ill Yes
Who is sick? - Mother
because he/she is - physically ill
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story: - high school
Wild kid(s)? - committing crimes - acting savage/like animals

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - homemaker
Age: - 60's-90'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 - physically sick

Main Adversary
Identity: - society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast
City? Yes
City: - dirty, grimy (like New York)
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Unusual Style: - No single main character?
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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