Literary Fiction
After a house fire, a strained couple retreats to her childhood home, facing family secrets, aging parents, and what long love costs.
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After a house fire, a strained couple retreats to her childhood home, facing family secrets, aging parents, and what long love costs.
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From the author of The Bright Years, the story of April and Leo, a couple on the brink of collapse. When their house goes up in flames, family secrets and thorny histories emerge as they are forced to decide what is worth salvaging. When April and Leo’s house burns in the middle of the night, they escape with their two young children and the quiet knowledge that the fire is not the only thing threatening their family. They retreat to April’s childhood home in Dallas, where her spirited parents a...
What's Inside
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Sexual content
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Brief marital intimacy; a few cracked-door, fade-to-black scenes
Violence & gore
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Harrowing nighttime house fire and frantic escape with young children
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Light background themes of class and family expectations
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Child loss grief; Alzheimer’s decline; fractured childhood; marital trauma
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