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Violence
Barely any
A death in a car accident
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
A lot
Explicit sexual content; the lovers' afternoon depicted with frankness
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of class, loss, and how one afternoon can shape a writing life
What this book is about
Swift's 2016 novella is set on a March Sunday in 1924 when Jane Fairchild, a housemaid, is given a rare free afternoon by her employers and spends it with Paul Sheringham, a young man of good family who is about to marry another. That same day he dies in a car accident. Features explicit sexual content. For adults.
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Explicit sexual content
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