Darcy’s life turned out better than she could have ever imagined. She is a librarian at the local branch, while her wife Joy runs a book binding service. Between the two of them, there is no more room on their shelves with their ample book collections, various knickknacks and bobbles, and dried bouquets. Rounding out their ideal life is two cats and a sun-soaked house by the lake. But when Darcy receives the news that her ex-boyfriend, Ben, has passed away, she spirals into a pit of guilt and regret, resulting in a mental breakdown and medical leave from the library. When she… Read more.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Homophobia & transphobia
- Image based sexual abuse (protagonist is threatened by a secondary character when she accidentally uploads an unintentionally intimate photo)
- Emotional parental abuse
- Infidelity recounted (the protagonist cheated on her boyfriend in the past; mentions of a secondary character’s husband cheating)
- Anxiety, insomnia & panic disorder (protagonist) with mentions of dissociation and panic attacks
- Parent with postpartum depression recounted
- Psychiatric hospitalisation for acute stress reaction recounted (protagonist)
- Disordered eating mentioned & recounted, including attempted purging & dieting
- Alcohol consumption & recreational drug use
- Abortion recounted
- Pregnancy & teen pregnancy mentioned (brief, secondary characters)
- Death of an ex-boyfriend from a brain aneurysm discussed
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