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Synopsis Of The Book 'Jump Cut' By Ted Staunton

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In the book “Jump Cut” by Ted Staunton, from chapters 12 to 18, a lot of information is released about the characters and along with the information, concepts and people that likely foreshadows events later in the plot. First, we find that Gloria Lorraine is a mother of three, something that even her grand-daughter AmberLea didn’t know! On page 70, Gloria says “‘I’ve had three children and I’ve been a terrible parent’” and AmberLea, who knows her own mother and her one aunt, says “Gramm, did you say you had three kids”. This means that Amberlea has one more aunt, and I can predict that she will affect the plot later in the story. Secondly, at a gas station, there are different men in a black Lincoln (car) and they were tracking Al by using
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