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Violence
Some
The threat of people trying to keep her institutionalized; violence in the climax
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild
Substance Use
A lot
Strong; the drug-induced confusion is central; the medical establishment as a threat
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Very strong; the particular horror of being told your mind is gone when it isn't; what it takes to fight back when your credibility has been medically destroyed; aging women and how society renders them invisible
What this book is about
Nevada Barr's standalone thriller: Rose Dennis wakes up in a memory care facility, told she has Alzheimer's. She doesn't believe it. What follows is a thriller about a woman who must escape and discover who put her there while battling the drugs they're giving her to maintain the fiction. Barr brings her Park Service thriller skills to a domestic terror.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Drugging and false institutionalization as central horror
Medical establishment as antagonist
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