| God Don't Like Ugly is a story narrated by Annette Goode. Annette was a shy, overweight, dark-skinned young girl who's seen a lot of life at a very young age and yet she maintained a child naiveté. Having left Florida in the 1950s, Annette and her mother set up housekeeping in Ohio on the advice of a family friend, Scary Mary. In an effort of trying to make the ends meet, Annette's mother moves in a border, Mr. Boatwright. Mr. Boatwright, in the first year, becomes Annette pseudo-father and parent. In the second year of boarding with Annette and her mother, Boatwright starts sexually abusing the 7 year old Annette. The abuse continues for the next 10 years. After moving to a new house, Annette meets and befriends Rhoda Nelson, the beautiful daughter of the Negro undertaker. Rhoda is strong, smart, take-no-stuff young woman who has a reputation of being "crazy". Rhoda lives in a house where her mother is a hypochondriac; her white grandmother, Granny Goose, is suffering from senility; along her white Uncle Johnny and her brother Jock and her father with the movie star looks. In Rhoda, Annette sees everything she is not and the end of the sexual abuse.This book follows the relationship of Annette and Rhoda through the turbulent times of the 1960s and 70s. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - depressed Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's Kids growing up/acting up? Yes Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Age group of kid(s) in story: - grade school Parents/lack of parents problem? Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - a teen Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - Female Age: - a teen Profession/status: How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 () Small town? Yes Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee Misc setting Writing Style Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references only - touching of anatomy - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of hetero sex - rape/molest Lot of foul language? Yes Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript |
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