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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Barely any
Mild adult language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Minimal adult content across a life span
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking appropriate to the era
Emotional Intensity
Some
The psychological weight of a woman who has never quite been the author of her own story creates the novel's quiet feminist insight
What this book is about
Carol Shields's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel follows Daisy Goodwill Flett from birth to death, told through multiple perspectives that reveal how invisible she has been to herself and others throughout her life. The novel is quietly revolutionary in its examination of how women's inner lives go unrecorded. Shields writes with warmth, wit, and precision. No significant content concerns.
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