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When God Was a Rabbit, a debut young adult novel by Sarah Winman, spans four decades, following the life of Eleanor Maud Portman, or Elly, from her childhood in the late 1960s England to adulthood in early 2000s New York, capturing her relationships with her brother Joe and others. The story explores themes of familial ties, childhood innocence, and resilience in the face of life's strange and wonderful events. This book contains incidents of childhood sexual abuse and domestic violence.