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A bouquet of barbed wire.

A bouquet of barbed wire.

Contemporary LiteratureContemporary Romance
Pages
324
Published
1969
Language
English

Synopsis

Tess's obsession with a soldier and the turmoil of the Vietnam War shape her coming-of-age story.

How it reads

MelancholicTenseDarkRomantic
Coming of AgeForbidden LoveLove TriangleBetrayalSurvival
Prose complexity 4/10
Content warnings (4)
ViolenceSubstance AbuseTraumaDeath Of A Parent

Genres

Contemporary Literature Contemporary Romance Drama Psychology

Subjects

Fathers and daughtersFiction, family lifeMarriageMenPregnancyPregnant teenagersRevengeTeacher-student relationships

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