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Violence
Barely any
A cancer diagnosis and its emotional weight; nothing physically graphic
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
Some
Adult romantic relationships; some intimate content
Substance Use
Barely any
Moderate social drinking in a vacation context
Emotional Intensity
Some
Cancer as a catalyst for reevaluation, the different ways women support each other under pressure, the particular grief of illness in a beautiful place
What this book is about
Brenda Lyndon has just learned she has cancer and decides to spend the summer on Nantucket with her sister Vicki and their friend Melanie. The three women are at very different places — Vicki has everything together, Melanie is reeling from a recent trauma, and Brenda is trying to understand her diagnosis. The Nantucket summer that follows offers each of them the space to change. Elin Hilderbrand's warm, beach-lit women's fiction is at its best here.
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cancer diagnosis and treatment
adult romantic content
emotionally intense summer fiction
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