Arcadia Falls (2010) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Meg Rosenthal: Main charactor, teacher at Arcadia
• Sally: Meg's daughter
• Chloe Dawson: student at Archadia
• Isabel Cheney: student at Archadia
• Callum Reade: Police shariff
• Virgil Nash: artist participant in the early days of the colony
• Lily Eberhardt: artist and co-founder of Arcadia school and colony
• Clyde Bollinger: Add a description of this character.
• Mimi Green: Meg's Grandmother
• Haruko: student at arcadia
• Shelley Drake: Art Teacher at Arcadia
• Dymphna
• Dora
• Gertrude Sheldon
• Ms. Rosenthal
• Tori Pratt: Arcadia student
• Beatrice Rhodes
• Sister Margaret
• Fleur Sheldon
• Jude: Meg's husband
• Hannah Weiss: Arcadia student
• Mrs. Byrnes
• Toby Potter: Arcadia student
• Salk
• Miriam
• Ada: School cook
• Rebecca
• Glynn
• Vira Beacher: Co-founder of the Arcadia school
• Ivy Saintclare: Principal of Arcadia

Quotes edit see section history

• “We sacrifice to give them what we didn’t have, but all we’ve done is to show them that’s all a woman can do: sacrifice herself or sacrifice her child. It all leads to the same place.”

  Meg

• “We came to paradise already carrying the seeds of its destruction, but I’m afraid that is the way of all paradises.”

  Lily

• “artists always think they’ll buy themselves immortality with their art, but there’s nothing more fickle than fame. Your children are your immortality—not some scribbles on paper or canvas.””

  Mimi Green

• “Could you chop off one half of yourself and expect the other half to thrive?”

  Meg

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Arcadia Falls
• St. Lucy
• Briar Lodge
• Beech Hall
• Great Neck
• New York City
• St. Clare
• Europe
• Brooklyn
• Long Island
• England
• Kingston
• Easton
• Ireland

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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Paradise: Describe this theme.

Series & Lists edit see section history

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Carol Goodman (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Some strong language and violence. Sexual situations, non-explicit, but includes a lesbian scene which some parents may object to. Themes include family secrets, unwed mothers, adoption and revenge. I think mature teens could handle the issues presented.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers › Psychological & Suspense
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Women's Fiction › Mothers & Children
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

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