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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Some
Contemporary language; some mild strong words
Sexual Content
Some
Mild romantic content; marriage in crisis
Substance Use
Barely any
Adult social culture; some drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Marriage breakdown and what causes it; the question of whether knowing what's coming would help
What this book is about
Georgie McCool is a TV writer whose marriage is in crisis. Her husband Neal has taken the kids to his parents' for Christmas without her. When she calls his parents' landline, she gets Neal in 1998. Landline is Rowell's most emotionally complex adult novel—asking whether you can save a marriage by fixing the past, or whether some things need a different kind of healing.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Marriage in crisis as central theme
Magical realism time-phone element
Mild romantic content
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