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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Barely any
Some mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Adult romantic relationship; brief sexual references
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking throughout
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Grief as a sustained, consuming presence; the novel's entire emotional weight is about loss
What this book is about
Holly Kennedy's husband Gerry dies of a brain tumor, leaving her a collection of letters to open one by one in the months after his death — each with instructions to help her start living again. Cecelia Ahern's debut novel is a romantic weeper about grief, love, and the slow process of building a life when the person who made you whole is gone.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Grief and loss of a spouse as the entire emotional subject
Some readers may find the grief overwhelming
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