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Violence
Barely any
No significant violence
Language
Some
Contemporary language
Sexual Content
Some
Mild romantic content
Substance Use
Barely any
Nick's grief and drinking after his wife's death
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Recovery from a marriage's end; the particular grief of being left after twenty years; a child's grief for a mother
What this book is about
Annie Colwater's twenty-year marriage ends when her husband leaves her for a younger woman. She goes to Mystic Lake, Washington, to rebuild—and discovers Nick Delacroix and his daughter, who are rebuilding their own lives. On Mystic Lake is one of Hannah's earlier novels and one of her most hopeful, with a genuine second act for a woman who thought her story was over.
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Mild romantic content
Grief and divorce recovery
Child grieving a dead parent
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