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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 know and cannot say
What this book is about
Owen Sheers's literary thriller — from the Welsh poet who wrote Resistance — follows Michael Turner, a recently widowed writer living in London who lets himself into his neighbors' house while they're out, and witnesses something terrible. A novel about grief, guilt, and how quickly a life can change in a moment of transgression.
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