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Violence
Barely any
Mild; WWI backdrop with distant violence
Language
None
No strong language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Mild wartime anxiety woven through the frame narrative
What this book is about
Mildred Aldrich — author of the beloved WWI memoir A Hilltop on the Marne — frames this story collection with a garden gathering in France as shells fall in the distance. A group of friends take turns telling tales to occupy themselves during the anxious wait of wartime. The frame links the stories and gives the collection its distinctive atmospheric melancholy.
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WWI background atmosphere
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