Two neighboring couples face secrets, desire, and self-deception when crisis shatters their carefully balanced suburban lives.
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Two neighboring couples face secrets, desire, and self-deception when crisis shatters their carefully balanced suburban lives.
Emma and Henry Lingard and Holly and Felix Craven are neighbors, old friends, durably wedded. Each thinks he understands the other well; better, perhaps, than he understands himself. All except Emma. She cries for help out of her private nightmares, but no one listens. Her recourse is a fantasy life written out in unsent letters. Then a series of crises shatters the tenuous balance of Emma's life and the routine of their days...
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Extramarital affairs and lust among suburban couples; sensual themes, not highly graphic
Elderly man dies falling downstairs; possible foul play is central to the plot
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No fantasy magic present
No occult or demonology content present
Mild social observation of middle-class suburban life and morality
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Adolescent trauma carried into adulthood; psychological distress and manipulation
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