Three lives entangle amid the London Blitz and WWII, exploring love, racism, class, and courage in wartime Britain.
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Three lives entangle amid the London Blitz and WWII, exploring love, racism, class, and courage in wartime Britain.
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The “insightful, stark, and heartbreaking” ( Publishers Weekly , starred review) novel about three lives entangled during World War II from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Little Bee . “Cleave’s foray into historical fiction is both grand and intimate. The novel’s ability to stay small and quiet against the raging tableau of war is what also makes it glorious….an absorbing account of survival, racism, classism, love, and pain, and the scars ...
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Romantic relationships with bedroom scenes and innuendo.
Graphic war violence, gun violence, injuries, and child death.
Swearing and frequent racial slurs including the n-word.
Drug use, addiction, and alcoholism themes.
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Central themes of racism, class prejudice, and social division.
References to suicide, suicide attempts, and PTSD.
Racism, war suffering, child death, grief, and systemic cruelty.
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