Concerning & Potentially Concerning Content

There is not much at all to worry about here, but we will list what we saw below. Accurate to the time, we see a large wealthy home with multiple African-American house servants. We should mention they are shown as kind and loving, treated very well. The book mentions details, such as that custom did not allow them to sit at the main dining table. At one point there is a fire & brimstone message presented and overheard by Mandie with very little focus on salvation and grace. Mandie’s father dies and the book opens at her funeral. The unkind, unloving mother character is said to have bossed Mandie’s father around. A couple people dip tobacco. There are a few innocent peck kisses in the story. There is some deep south speech and grammar that is accurate to the time of this book. The term fat is used a couple times. At one point a comment is made that “we’ll beat cook out of something to eat” (said lightheartedly, meant to be funny/joking). Ghosts are referenced (not scary).