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Violence
Barely any
Minimal violence
Language
Some
Adult language in Blume's adult literary register
Sexual Content
A lot
Frank adult sexual content including teenage sexuality; Blume writes honestly about women's sexual lives
Substance Use
Some
Drinking throughout the decades-spanning story
Emotional Intensity
Some
The psychological complexity of an intense female friendship — its jealousy, admiration, and the long shadow it casts — is the novel's primary subject
What this book is about
Judy Blume's adult novel follows the friendship of Vix and Caitlin across childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, centered on their summers together on Martha's Vineyard. Blume writes with her characteristic emotional honesty; the adult sexual content is frank and the exploration of women's friendship over decades is genuine. For adult readers only.
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