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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Sexual content in the marriage
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of maternal identity, abandonment, and the meaning of family
What this book is about
Picoult's 1993 second novel follows Paige, who abandons her baby and husband to reconnect with her own absent mother. Features postpartum depression, maternal ambivalence, and some sexual content. For adults.
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Postpartum depression and maternal abandonment
Sexual content
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