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Violence
Some
Murder and trial; violence
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
Some
Lesbian affair with sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of forbidden love, class, and the consequences of passion
What this book is about
Waters's 2014 novel follows widow Frances Wray and her passionate affair with lodger Lillian Barber that leads to violence and a murder trial. Features explicit lesbian sexual content, violence. For adults.
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Lesbian sexual content
Murder
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