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Violence
None
No significant violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Sexual relationship; backstory of pregnancy loss
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of memory, belonging, and the search for home
What this book is about
Kingsolver's 1990 novel follows Codi Noline, who returns home to care for her ill father and reconnects with her past. Features sexual content (a love relationship), and the trauma of a forgotten pregnancy loss. For adults.
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Sexual content
Pregnancy loss backstory
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