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Violence
None
No violence
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
A deeply unsettling psychological self-examination — the protagonist gradually realizes she has been deceiving herself about the quality of her marriage and relationships for decades
What this book is about
Written under Christie's Mary Westmacott pseudonym, this is not a mystery but a psychological novel. A woman who has always believed herself happy is forced into solitude and self-examination. The result is quietly devastating. Appropriate for adults who enjoy literary fiction.
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Psychological self-examination
Quiet devastation of a self-deluded life
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