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Violence
Some
Murder; period violence; violence against women
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Burlesque dancer; sexual content; period prostitution
Substance Use
Barely any
Drinking
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of friendship, freedom, and violence against unconventional women
What this book is about
Donoghue's 2014 novel follows Blanche Beunon, an exotic dancer in Gilded Age San Francisco, investigating her friend Jenny Bonnet's murder. Features sexual content, period violence, and a cholera epidemic backdrop. For adults.
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Murder
Sexual content
Period violence
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