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Violence
Some
Historical violence; a drowning; some harm in the past narrative
Language
Barely any
Mild language throughout
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult relationships; nothing explicit
Substance Use
None
No substance use of note
Emotional Intensity
Some
Hidden identity across a lifetime, estranged siblings forced to reconcile, grief and revelation
What this book is about
When Eleanor Bennett dies, she leaves her estranged adult children Byron and Benny a recorded message revealing a life they never knew: a childhood in the Caribbean, a secret identity, a terrible choice made for survival. Charmaine Wilkerson's multigenerational saga moves from 1960s Jamaica to Scotland to modern California, tracing the cost of secrets kept for love and the families we make out of what we're given.
Notes for sensitive readers
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family secrets spanning generations
identity hidden for a lifetime
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