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Modern fiction with minimal sex or swearing

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bumpyknuckles · 17/10/2020 20:33

I'd like to get my mother in law some books for her birthday. Nothing with too much explicit sex, violence or swearing.

So far I've got Eleanor Oliphant and A Man Called Ove. Any other suggestions?

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TrollTheRespawnJeremy · 17/10/2020 20:48

The Night Circus or Tidelands.

FreeAcorns · 17/10/2020 20:52

Perfect by Rachel Joyce
Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey

HUCKMUCK · 17/10/2020 20:55

The Keeper Of Lost Things
Half a World Away

Kote · 18/10/2020 05:46

Three Things About Elsie - Joanna Cannon

Blackcountryexile · 18/10/2020 19:24

Saving Missy by Beth Morrey
If she likes historical novels then both novels that Sally Magnusson has written. The Sealwomen's Gift and The Ninth Child.

N0ManJan · 18/10/2020 19:38

My sister the serial killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Lalalatte · 19/10/2020 13:43

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Howard Fry by Rachel Joyce.
Anne Tyler's books.

PhilSwagielka · 26/10/2020 02:36

Seconding Anne Tyler, her books are very low on sex and swearing.

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