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Violence
Some
Violence; a death; wartime setting
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Adult romantic content; an illicit wartime affair
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of class, race, wartime desire, and a repressed household shaken by an outsider
What this book is about
Bainbridge's 1973 novel follows Nellie, a prim Liverpool dressmaker, whose wartime household is upended when her younger niece Rita begins an affair with a Black American soldier. Dark, funny, and tense. For adults.
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Adult content
Racial tension
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