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"Brenda Kovner is a 46 year old wife, mother of two grown sons, and a syndicated advice columnist. Brenda decides that she wants to sleep with a man other than her husband, and so she arranges to have three liasons with three different kinds ofd men. Meanwhile, her son Wally announces his engagement. When Brenda meets her future in-laws, she find Wally's new father in law to be an extremely unpleasant man. Mr. Monti is intent on stopping the wedding between Wally and his daughter, and he will resort to anything to stop it. He blackmails Brenda, and her other son, Jake. Brenda decides that out of love for her children, she must murder Mr. Monti. However, Brenda is not the murdering type, so she watches thrillers, and embarks one one failed scheme after another. "
fran laniado, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- humorous
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Family, struggle with
Yes
Struggle with:
- In-laws
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age:
- 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Jewish
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 2 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- actual description of hetero sex
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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