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Violence
None
No violence
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult suggestion
Substance Use
None
Dinner party drinking
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of loneliness, the cruelty of social exclusion, and an observer who finally insists on being seen
What this book is about
Brookner's 1983 novel follows Frances Hinton, a quiet woman who works in a medical library and writes novels in her evenings, who is drawn into the social orbit of the brilliant, beautiful Alix and Nick — and discovers what it costs to be noticed then ignored. Quietly devastating. For adults.
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