A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin

A Manual for Cleaning Women

Lucia Berlin

403 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction literary short stories dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

Introduced by Lydia Davis, Lucia Berlin's stories in A Manual for Cleaning Women make for one of the most remarkable unsung collections in twentieth-century American fiction.With extraordinary honesty and magnetism, Lucia Berlin invites us into he...

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Moods

reflective 73%
emotional 68%
dark 62%
sad 53%
funny 42%
challenging 34%
tense 12%
hopeful 11%
adventurous 9%
inspiring 9%
lighthearted 5%
relaxing 4%
mysterious 3%
informative 2%

Pace

medium 46%
slow 41%
fast 11%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 66% | A mix: 25% | N/A: 7% | Plot: 1%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 43% | Yes: 31% | N/A: 14% | No: 10%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 37% | No: 11%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 75% | No: 12% | It's complicated: 8% | N/A: 2%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 89% | It's complicated: 5% | N/A: 2% | No: 2%

Average rating

4.21

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