Genre
Romance
Setting and Context
The novel is set in Nantucket.
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person point of view
Tone and Mood
The tone is candid and the mood is anxious.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The central character is Hollis Shaw, and the antagonist is the unnamed woman who hurt Hollis in the past.
Major Conflict
The conflict is when Hollis gets into a heated argument with her husband. The husband leaves the house annoyed and is involved in a road accident. Hollis blames her actions for the rest of her life.
Climax
The climax comes when Hollis reconnects with her childhood friends at the "Five Star Weekend" party.
Foreshadowing
The earlier confrontation between Mathew and his wife foreshadows his deadly accident.
Understatement
The author downplays the success of the “Five Star Weekend” party.
Allusions
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Imagery
A sense of sight is depicted when the author describes the Gypsy. The narrator says, “It has a pleasant outdoor garden where two young women are sitting on a comfy-looking sofa with shopping bags at their feet.”
Paradox
The primary irony is when Hollis writes her dead mother letters and expects a response.
Parallelism
There is a parallelism between a woman who holds a "Five Star Weekend" party and Hollis's desire to explore the world and meet with her old friends to help her recover from the death of Mathew.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
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Personification
Hollis' food blog is personified as inspiring and captivating with the ability to influence her followers.
