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It Only Happens in the Movies by Holly Bourne

  • A teenager navigates her family's collapse while working at an independent cinema, where she critiques the unrealistic expectations of romance films.

     

  • This book contains: activism, alcohol/abuse alternate gender/sexual ideologies, anxiety, bullying, controversial gender, political, religious and social commentary, deception, depression, derogatory terms, divorce, drugs, explicit sexual activities/nudity, grief, misogyny, parental neglect, profanity, self-harm, sexual crude language, smoking, suicide attempt, theft, toxic relationships, and violence.

     

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