Yesterday — Content Guide for Parents
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- ViolenceSupporting
- Sexual contentBrief
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- Scary content
- Religion
- Race & culture
- Climate
- Gender roles
- Gender & orientation
Couldn't confirm
- Profanity
- Profanity: The sources describe the plot but say nothing about the language used in the book.
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Religion
PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
About this book
Imagine a world in which classes are divided not by wealth or religion but by how much each group can remember. Monos, the majority, have only one day's worth of memory; elite Duos have two. In this stratified society, where Monos are excluded from holding high office and demanding jobs, Claire and Mark are a rare mixed marriage. Clare is a conscientious Mono housewife, Mark a novelist-turned-politician Duo on the rise. They are a shining example of a new vision of tolerance and equality-until...
A beautiful woman is found dead, her body dumped in England's River Cam. The woman is Mark's mistress, and he is the prime suspect in her murder. The detective investigating the case has secrets of his own. So did the victim. And when both the investigator's and the suspect's memories are constantly erased--how can anyone learn the truth?
Told from four different perspectives, that of Mark, Claire, the detective on the case, and the victim--Felicia Yap's staggeringly inventive debut leads us on a race against an ever-resetting clock to find the killer. With the science-fiction world-building of Philip K. Dick and the twisted ingenuity of Memento, Yesterday is a thriller you'll never forget.
Frequently asked questions
Is Yesterday appropriate for a 7-year-old?
A woman is murdered and her body is dumped in a river, and the story follows the investigation and a revenge plot, though the sources do not describe the attack itself. The plot centres on a husband's affair with a mistress, and one blurb calls the plot "salacious", but the sources describe no explicit scenes.
Does Yesterday have violence?
Found (Supporting): A woman is murdered and her body is dumped in a river, and the story follows the investigation and a revenge plot, though the sources do not describe the attack itself.
Does Yesterday have scary content?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Yesterday have religion?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Yesterday have race & culture?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Yesterday have profanity?
Couldn't confirm: The sources describe the plot but say nothing about the language used in the book.
Does Yesterday have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Yesterday have sexual content?
Found (Brief): The plot centres on a husband's affair with a mistress, and one blurb calls the plot "salacious", but the sources describe no explicit scenes.
Does Yesterday have gender roles?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Yesterday have gender & orientation?
Not found in the sources we checked.
