Lauren Olamina and her family live in one of the only safe neighbourhoods remaining on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Behind the walls of their defended enclave, Lauren’s father, a preacher, and a handful of other citizens try to salvage what remains of a culture that has been destroyed by drugs, disease, war, and chronic water shortages. While her father tries to lead people on the righteous path, Lauren struggles with hyper-empathy, a condition that makes her extraordinarily sensitive to the pain of others. When fire destroys their compound, Lauren’s family is killed… Read more.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Human trafficking
- Slavery
- Child sexual assault & abuse
- Rape, including statutory rape
- Abusive relationship
- Adult-minor relationships
- Arranged, forced & coerced marriage
- Domestic abuse
- Estrangement
- Physical child abuse & neglect
- Addiction
- Drug abuse
- Blood and gore depiction including dead bodies and body parts
- Cannibalism
- Physical injuries
- Grief & loss depiction
- Death of a child
- Death of a friend
- Death of a parent
- Death of a sibling
- Disappearance of a loved one
- Gun & knife violence
- Murder
- Police brutality
- Bushfire
- Earthquake
- Home invasion
- Homelessness
- Poverty themes
- Hunting