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Violence
Barely any
Mild; the quiet violence of class and the coming war's shadow
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Moderate adult content; Weldon's world includes adult themes
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild; the social drinking of the interwar period
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate; the psychological dynamics of characters who can't see what's coming
What this book is about
Fay Weldon's novel traces the lives of characters in the years before war changes everything — with the wickedly precise social observation that has defined Weldon's career. Weldon writes about the British class system and its assumptions with the intelligence of someone who has spent decades exposing its absurdities.
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