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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language throughout
Sexual Content
Some
Some sexual content in the adult literary fiction register
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking in the Irish and New England settings
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Strong emotional depth: a marriage's betrayal, grief, and the process of rebuilding a life are the novel's sustained emotional subjects
What this book is about
Ria Lynch in Dublin and Marilyn Vine in Connecticut each face life-altering changes — Ria's husband leaves her for a younger woman; Marilyn is processing an overwhelming grief. They exchange homes for a summer, and both find more than they bargained for in an unfamiliar country. Maeve Binchy's warm, emotionally acute novel is one of her most beloved — full of the community, friendship, and honest human observation that made her one of Ireland's most cherished writers.
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