Parents need to know that in keeping with the period setting, characters smoke and drink a great deal, including drinking to numb emotional pain and drinking to excess. There are sexual references, including adultery and a character who makes it clear that she sleeps around and offers herself to C.W., but there are no explicit sexual situations. Characters discuss C.W.'s old-fashioned sexism and Betty Ann's difficulties in being accepted as a professional woman.
Violence:Some mildly tense moments. Reference to child abuse.