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Violence
Barely any
A commercial airline crash kills 183 people; violence is the crash event and its aftermath
Language
Barely any
Minimal language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Profound grief, survivor's guilt, and the impossible task of building a life after catastrophic loss are the dominant psychological experiences
What this book is about
A deeply emotional literary novel about survival, grief, and the strange burden of being the sole survivor of a disaster. Violence is the plane crash itself. The psychological weight of surviving when everyone around you died is the central experience of the book.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Plane crash survivor trauma
Survivor's guilt
Grief and loss
Childhood trauma
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