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First Time in Forever, by Sarah Morgan

18 Apr
Cover for _First Time in Forever_, showing a white woman with long brown hair, and a white man with some stubble and short dark brown hair, sitting on a pier, eating ice cream off scones; the background is the sea, with a small island in the distance and a seagull perched atop one of the pier's wooden pilons. No puffin in sight.

Another month gone, and it is #TBRChallenge time again! Alas, I am late posting this review, for reasons explained below. The theme for April is “no place like home” (another Wizard of Oz reference, of course), and I’m going with home as “sanctuary” for my choice. (It doesn’t hurt that it lets me knock another ARC off the digital TBR shelves.)

Beware: parental neglect; alcoholism; drowning; dead child in backstory; dead parents; slut-shaming; hints of emotional abuse from a partner; DNF review with spoilers.

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