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Violence
Some
Moderate; the violence of accident and its aftermath
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Significant; grief, guilt, and the psychological weight of what you witness and cannot undo
What this book is about
Owen Sheers's literary thriller follows Michael Turner — a recently widowed writer who lets himself into his neighbors' house while they're out — and witnesses something terrible that changes the trajectory of his grief and guilt. Sheers brings the precision of a poet to questions of transgression and consequence.
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