Literary Fiction
Irish sisters emigrate to America; one raises a Catholic family while the other becomes a nun, their long-buried secret resurfacing after tragedy.
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Irish sisters emigrate to America; one raises a Catholic family while the other becomes a nun, their long-buried secret resurfacing after tragedy.
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"Nora and Theresa Flynn are twenty-one and seventeen when they leave their small village in Ireland and journey to America. Nora is the responsible sister; she's shy and serious and engaged to a man she isn't sure that she loves. Theresa is gregarious; she is thrilled by their new life in Boston and besotted with the fashionable dresses and dance halls on Dudley Street. But when Theresa ends up pregnant, Nora is forced to come up with a plan--a decision with repercussions they are both far too y...
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Sexual content
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Implied premarital sex resulting in pregnancy as central backstory
Violence & gore
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Off-page car accident death of adult son
Profanity
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No profanity depicted
Substance use
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No substance use depicted
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Adult daughter in committed same-sex relationship planning a child
Religious content
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Central Catholic faith, rituals, guilt, and cloistered nun character
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult elements present
Political content
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Irish immigration and cultural identity themes
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted
Abuse & suffering
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Decades of family estrangement and emotional suffering from secrets
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