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Book Review By Tiffany Burns
The Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns

    This story is of a young boy (Willis Tweedy). His grandmother dies. His grandfather (Enrouch Blakslee) owns a store in the center of town, and before Willis' grandmother is cold in her grave Enrouch marries a new woman (Love Simpson).
    As he is telling his family about him planning to get remarried, they all get mad because the woman is 20 something years younger then him and she is a Yankee.
    Enrouch begins to get sick, and Love has a big secret to tell them all.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1600-1899
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Lover is

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality
Unusual characteristics:

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 60's-90's
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Deep South
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm - lot of descript of crop raising - lot of descript of animal care
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Writing Style
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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