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"Lipsha Morrissey is a Native American Indian with healing powers who lost his powers by wasting his time in the big cities. One day, he receives news from his grandmother, Lulu Lamartine that his father is wanted by the police. This is why he decides to go back to the reservation. It is a very hard decision for him as his home place does not bring happy memories. On the contrary, all his life he has been trying to understand an awful happening from his childhood: his mother tied him in a sack and threw him in a slough where he would have drowned if it was not for his huge luck that brought his rescue by a mere chance.
Things begin to complicate the very moment he arrived as he suddenly falls in love with Shawnee Ray Toose a woman almost engaged with one of his relatives: Lyman Lamartine. The latter is a very wealthy man desired by every woman in the county. He is very successful and audacious as he wants to build a bingo palace on this land where tradition is stronger than everywhere else.
Both the men and the woman are torn apart between their feelings as Shawnee is very attracted to Lipsha but she is very ambitious and dreams of a better social and material positon; in the same time, Lyman and Lipsha are rivals in love but also great friends as, in time Lyman becomes Lipsha's mentor.
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Dana Samson, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Love Triangles/Polygons
Yes
What kind:
- one woman-two men
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
If he's not white he must be...
- indian
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
How sexual is this person?
- a few sexual encounters
How romantic is this person?
- sly seducer
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
If she's not white she must be...
- indian
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- 60%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
Focus of story
- Him
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing?
- 1-2 sex acts
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