In a 1950s seaside town, two young women are drawn to a bohemian house; decades later its revival reopens buried loves and secrets.
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In a 1950s seaside town, two young women are drawn to a bohemian house; decades later its revival reopens buried loves and secrets.
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Merham is a well-ordered 1950s seaside town: the kind of town in which everyone knows their place (and those who don't are promptly put in it). Lottie Swift, an evacuee who has grown up with the respectable Holden family, loves Merham, while the Holdens' daughter Celia chafes against the constraints of the town. When a group of bohemians takes over Arcadia, a stark Art Deco house on the seafront, the girls are as drawn to its temptations as Merham's citizens are appalled by them. They set in pla...
What's Inside
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Sexual content
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Romantic affairs and on-page intimacy across dual timelines; sensual but not extreme
Violence & gore
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Tragic events and emotional fallout; no graphic gore depicted
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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Social drinking likely amid bohemian parties; not a central focus
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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1950s respectability, class norms, and clash with bohemian values
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Social stigma, family pressure, and emotional cruelty around unconventional lives
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