Summary
Clara's world shatters at age eight when her mother, a renowned author who wrote in an invented language, disappears off the coast of South Carolina in 1927. Decades later in 1952, Clara receives word that someone in London has discovered a dictionary of her mother's lost language, prompting her to travel across the Atlantic with her daughter to uncover the truth about her mother's vanishing.
Language
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ProfanityMild
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Blasphemy / Religious ProfanityNone
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Crude / Childish LanguageNone
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Racial / Ethnic SlursNone
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| f-word | 1-2 |
| sh*t | 1-2 |
| *ss | 1-2 |
| b*st*rd | 1-2 |
| b*tch | 1-2 |
| bl**dy | 1-2 |
| bug**r | 1-2 |
| d*mn | 1-2 |
| c-word | 1-2 |
| h*ll | 1-2 |
| cr*p | 1-2 |
Violence
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Graphic Violence / GoreNone
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Disturbing / FrighteningModerate
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Vulgar / Obscene GesturesNone
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Bullying / Verbal CrueltyNone
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Romance & Sex
💋 Romance and sexual content in The Story She Left Behind: A Novel
Explicit Sexual ContentNone
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Sexually SuggestiveMild
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Kissing (Light / Peck)Mild
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Kissing (Passionate)None
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Heterosexual RomanceModerate
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Homosexual RomanceNone
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Drugs & Alcohol
🍷 Drugs and alcohol in The Story She Left Behind: A Novel
Illegal Drug UseNone
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Legal Alcohol UseMild
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Implied / Referenced UseNone
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Other Content
📋 Other content in The Story She Left Behind: A Novel
Medical / Body ProcessesMild
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Heavy Emotional ThemesSignificant
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Deception / LyingMild
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