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The Position

by Meg Wolitzer

A secret on the shelf reshapes one family for decades.

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About The Position

The four Mellow children discover Pleasuring, their liberal parents’ bestselling illustrated sex manual, and nothing in the family is ever quite the same. Thirty years later, the book’s reissue forces the family to face the private fallout behind its famous public image.

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Content warnings
  • cancer
  • sexual assault
  • pedophilia
  • death
  • emotional abuse
  • rape
  • sexual content
  • sexual violence
  • toxic relationship
  • drug use
  • depression

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