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Violence
Some
Bomb blast and deaths depicted
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
Some
Sexual activity implied
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of youth, postwar reality, and sudden violence
What this book is about
Spark's 1963 novel follows women living in a London hostel in the summer of 1945. A bomb blast and its aftermath expose the fragility beneath the postwar optimism. Features violence and some sexual content. For older teens and adults.
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Violence and deaths from a bomb blast
Sexual content
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