Literary Fiction
In 1950s San Francisco, a dutiful housewife confronts the mysteries of her marriage amid political, racial, and sexual repression.
Owned
No reviews yet
Owned
In 1950s San Francisco, a dutiful housewife confronts the mysteries of her marriage amid political, racial, and sexual repression.
About
Details
A Today Show Summer Reads Pick
A Washington Post Book of the Year
"We think we know the ones we love." So Pearlie Cook begins her indirect, and devastating exploration of the mystery at the heart of every relationship--how we can ever truly know another person.
It is 1953 and Pearlie, a dutiful young housewife, finds herself living in the Sunset District in San Francisco, caring not only for her husband's fragile health, but also for her son, who is afflicted with polio. Then, one Satur...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
AI
Sexual awakening and repression themes with explicit sexual content
Violence & gore
AI
No evidence found in available sources
Profanity
AI
No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
AI
No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
AI
Central themes of sexual awakening and repression in a 1950s LGBT context
Religious content
AI
No evidence found in available sources
Magic & witchcraft
AI
No evidence found in available sources
Occult / demonology
AI
No evidence found in available sources
Political content
AI
Political turmoil, racism, and era-specific social repression
Self-harm / suicide
AI
No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
AI
Polio affliction, war trauma, and systemic racial/sexual repression
Other
AI
No information found