Horror
The phantom limbs of the Rollow sisters
2002·228 pages
Two sisters in rural Nebraska grapple with their father's suicide and mother's abandonment in a poignant, quirky coming-of-age tale.
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Two sisters in rural Nebraska grapple with their father's suicide and mother's abandonment in a poignant, quirky coming-of-age tale.
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"In Timothy Schaffert's seriocomic debut, two sisters on the cusp of womanhood struggle to understand their father's suicide as well as their mother's abandonment of them many years earlier.".
"Lily and Mabel live on their own in their grandmother's antique shop in rural Nebraska. They're bound by their loyalty to each other and their haunting urgency to reconcile their own versions of the past so that they might build their futures together. In what she intends to be a rebellious, even wild, c...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Minor references to romantic relationships; no explicit scenes depicted.
Violence & gore
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Brief mentions of a violent death; no graphic depictions.
Profanity
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Substance use
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Minor mention of a character with past glue-sniffing addiction.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Minor reference to communicating with the dead; not central.
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Self-harm / suicide
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Central theme of father's suicide; discussed frequently by characters.
Abuse & suffering
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Recurring themes of abandonment and emotional trauma from parental loss.
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