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Violence
None
No significant violence
Language
Barely any
Some crude language
Sexual Content
Some
Sexual affairs; some sexual content
Substance Use
Some
Drug use including heroin; marijuana; counterculture context
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of faith, betrayal, family, and the 1970s American crisis
What this book is about
Franzen's 2021 novel follows the Hildebrandt family in the 1970s. Features drug use (heroin and marijuana in the Vietnam/counterculture era), sexual affairs, and family dysfunction. Mature literary fiction. For adults.
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Sexual affairs
Drug use including heroin
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