| Amy's life is not working out how she planned. She is going nowhere in her job, she is turning 30, she is single and everyone around her is either married or getting married. Her sister brought home a hunk from Australia and is now engaged; her best friend Beth has gotten engaged to Tony her life in boyfriend. Then Amy sees her ex-boyfriend's car in the drive of her best friend's house (Jackie). She goes to pieces.
Much of the book deals with the internal struggles that Amy feels and how not only she but her friends & family deal with these feelings, which manifest into behavior that most would call depression. She deals with her feeling of betrayal from her friend Jackie, to her jealousy of those getting married. Amy is so unsure about herself that when a good looking man named Stevie J. asks her out she continually drives him away. In fact she actually has a date with him then trying to appear nonchalant she makes him think she is not interested in seeing him again when she really is. At least her career seems to be finally going in the correct direction, she is making sets for a children's show and they love her work. Since her dream job is to work for the same show she is working on this may finally be sending her career in the right direction. She finally decides that she is ok and decided to pursue the possibility of the TV job and make amends with Stevie. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - thoughtful Time/era of story - 2000+ (Present Day) Romance/Romance Problems Yes Kind of romance: Internal struggle/realization? Yes Struggle over Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality Unusual characteristics: Main Adversary Identity: - society Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 () Europe Yes European country: - Ireland |
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