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Dear Debbie — Content Guide for Parents

By McFadden, FreidaPoisoned Pen PressISBN 9781464249624327 pages
Dear Debbie

Found in this book

  • ViolenceCentral
  • Scary contentSupporting
  • Sexual contentSupporting
  • Gender rolesBriefTraditional roles, Challenges traditional roles

Not found

  • Religion
  • Race & culture
  • Climate
  • Gender & orientation

Couldn't confirm

  • Profanity
  • Profanity: No source quotes or describes the swearing in the book's own text, so we could not check it; this is an adult thriller.

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Religion

PRESENT

Contains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.

About this book

"A brand new twisted thriller that will have you cheering "good for her!" from the #1 New York Times bestselling and global sensation Freida McFadden, author of The Housemaid! Sometimes, enough is enough... Debbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all of her best advice into her column, Dear Debbie, where the wives of New England come for sympathy and neighborly advice. Through her work, Debbie has heard from countless women who are ignored, belittled, or even abused by their husbands. And Debbie does her best to guide them in the right direction. Or at least, she did. These days, Debbie's life seems to be spiraling out of control. She just lost her job. Something strange is happening with her teenage daughters. And her husband is keeping secrets, according to the tracking app she installed on his phone. Now, Debbie's done being the bigger person. She's done being reasonable and practical. It's time to take her own advice. And now it's time for payback against all the people in her life who deserve it the most. From #1 New York Times and international bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a biting, subversive thriller about what happens when women finally choose to take justice into their own hands - with killer results"-- Provided by publisher.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Dear Debbie appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    The story is built around Debbie's revenge, including poisoning, drugging, shooting two people and framing another, plus a character beaten in prison. The thriller has murders, poisoning, a night-time break-in and a coach spying on girls, though one reader says the tension is more mental than horror.

  • Does Dear Debbie have violence?

    Found (Central): The story is built around Debbie's revenge, including poisoning, drugging, shooting two people and framing another, plus a character beaten in prison.

  • Does Dear Debbie have scary content?

    Found (Supporting): The thriller has murders, poisoning, a night-time break-in and a coach spying on girls, though one reader says the tension is more mental than horror.

  • Does Dear Debbie have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Dear Debbie have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Dear Debbie have profanity?

    Couldn't confirm: No source quotes or describes the swearing in the book's own text, so we could not check it; this is an adult thriller.

  • Does Dear Debbie have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Dear Debbie have sexual content?

    Found (Supporting): Debbie's backstory includes a rape in college, and the plot also involves an affair, a leaked sex tape, threatened naked photos and a hidden camera in a girls' locker room.

  • Does Dear Debbie have gender roles?

    Found (Brief, Traditional roles, Challenges traditional roles): Debbie is a stay-at-home wife and advice columnist for women with belittling husbands, and a coach who cuts her daughter from the soccer team is described as chauvinistic.

  • Does Dear Debbie have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

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