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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Adult romantic content across multiple storylines
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking; Irish social context
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of betrayal, ambition, and how the same events look entirely different from different perspectives
What this book is about
Three women's perspectives intertwine in the world of London publishing: Jojo, a literary agent navigating a forbidden relationship; Gemma, whose best friend's betrayal destroys her life; and Lily, a novelist thrust into sudden success. Marian Keyes's warm, funny Irish fiction has always balanced comedy with real emotional pain, and this novel is among her most structurally ambitious — three voices, three tones, one story.
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Adult romantic content
Betrayal themes
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