| Helen Bradshaw is 27, single, and sharing an apartment with two men in London. She's too unambitious to move up from her low level job at a women's magazine. She drives an old Toyota, owns an overweight cat, and needs to get rid of her awful boyfriend. Then her father dies.
On her way to her dad's funeral, she meets Tom, a veterinarian. She starts to fall in love with him, but Helen must to come to terms with her father's death, her mother's grief, and her friends' well meaning but unhelpful advice. Trying to win Tom is not helped by Helen's healthy dose of cynicism and making mistakes like having a one night stand with her landlord. Helen must dig her way out of the mess if she is ever to find romance. | ||
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Plot & Themes Time/era of story Inner struggle subplot Yes Struggle with... If one lover chases another... - she chases after him Main Male Character Profession/status: Age/status: - 20's-30's Main Female Character - 20's-30's Profession/status: Effect of sexing Setting Europe Yes European country: - England/UK City? Yes City: - London Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths What % of story is romance related? - 60% How explicit is the sex? - vague references only Focus of story - Her How much dialog - significantly more descript than dialog How much sexing? - 1-2 sex acts |
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