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Sculptress: Prologue and Chapter 1

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Mak1

Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 12:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'll get this going for those who have started the book.

The prologue is the newspaper account of Olive Martin's sentencing for the murder of her mother and sister, in which the judge called her "a monster without a grain of humanity".

Chapter one introduces us to Roz Leigh, a writer whose publisher has given her an ultimatum to write something really soon or be dropped. We learn that Roz lives alone with her cat Mrs. Antrobus. Her agent and friend Iris has strongly recommended that Roz see a psychiatrist. (We don't know why.) Iris has given Roz the assignment to write a book about Olive Martin, who inexplicably pled guilty to the brutal murders, offering no defense.

Scared to meet with Olive, Roz is at first repulsed by Olive's physical appearance and obesity. As Olive begins to talk with her, Roz finds herself becoming fascinated and actually liking Olive. When Roz mentions justification for the murders, Olive suddenly ends the session but tells Roz to come see her again next week. The chapter ends on a creepy note, with Olive "The Sculptress", alone in her cell, creating a clay figure of Roz, which she then cradles and croons over.

Mak1

Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 12:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The first chapter was disturbing and creepy, but pulled me right into it. It raised so many questions. Why hasn't Roz been able to write? What tragedy happened to her? Why did Olive commit these horrendous murders? What's up with the clay figures?

Roz's initial thoughts on Olive's obesity and Iris' morbid curiosity were disgusting, but, unfortunately, true reactions you see in many people. It was fascinating to see Olive turn the table on Roz and get her to answer personal questions.

Seamonkey

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 10:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Also Olive's abilities to distract so that she ended up with Roz's pencil! Yikes. And the clay figures.

Roz seems to have more "hidden" than Olive in many ways.