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Violence
A lot
WWI battlefield deaths; the violence of the war in Tom's sections
Language
Barely any
Period-appropriate language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild; the marriage of Kezia and Tom
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Very strong; what women send to men at war to keep them tethered to life; the domestic detail as psychological survival; the grief of not coming home
What this book is about
A standalone novel set during WWI from Jacqueline Winspear: Kezia Marchant and her husband Tom go to France to fight while her best friend Thea remains in England. Their correspondence — Thea's letters full of recipes and the domestic detail that binds them to normalcy — becomes a lifeline. Winspear's WWI standalone is quieter than the Maisie books and more devastating for it.
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