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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Adult romantic content; an extramarital affair is central to the novel
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Significant; the psychological and spiritual dimensions of desire, guilt, faith, and the impossible choices at their intersection
What this book is about
Jamie Quatro's debut novel is an epistolary meditation on faith, desire, and the impossibility of living cleanly in both. A married religious woman's correspondence and journal trace an emotional and physical affair with another man — and her ongoing negotiation with what she believes, what she wants, and what she owes the people she loves. Quatro writes with remarkable precision and candor about the territory where faith and sexuality collide.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Extramarital affair
Explicit engagement with religious and sexual conflict
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