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Violence
Barely any
No violence; the war is in the background
Language
Barely any
Clean literary prose throughout
Sexual Content
Barely any
An unmarried pregnancy and its social consequences; the marriage is the story's center; nothing explicit
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
Some
The gentle discovery that a life you didn't choose can become the life you wanted
What this book is about
Livy, a young woman who becomes pregnant during WWII, is sent to marry a quiet farmer in rural Colorado—a marriage of convenience arranged to preserve the family's reputation. Ann Howard Creel's gentle wartime novel follows Livy's unexpected discovery of meaning in the ordinary life she never planned for.
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