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Violence
Barely any
A tragic backstory involving loss; nothing graphic
Language
None
Clean prose throughout
Sexual Content
Barely any
A 1940s love story; some adult romance in the historical sections; nothing explicit
Substance Use
Barely any
Period drinking
Emotional Intensity
Some
Grief and unresolved loss across decades; the cost of secrets kept for a lifetime
What this book is about
Rare book dealer Ashlyn Greer discovers a pair of handwritten books in an estate sale — one written by a man, one by a woman, clearly the same love story told from opposite ends. As she reads, a love affair from the 1940s comes into focus: a powerful publisher and a journalist whose relationship was derailed by something that destroyed them both. With the help of a descendant connected to the story, Ashlyn tries to find out what happened. Barbara Davis's dual-timeline novel is a quiet, elegiac love story about the people history swallows and the books that remember them.
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themes of grief and historical loss
WWII-era backstory
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