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Violence
Some
WWII occupation violence; deportation; deaths of characters
Language
Barely any
Clean literary prose throughout
Sexual Content
Barely any
A romantic relationship; restrained and tender
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The sustained grief of separation during wartime and the weight of faith under persecution
What this book is about
Angelo and Eva grow up together in Florence—she Jewish, he Catholic, both in love—until the German occupation forces them apart. Amy Harmon's WWII historical romance follows them across the years of occupation, faith, and impossible choices. Deeply moving with clean content.
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Jewish persecution and deportation depicted throughout
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