The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Memoir of Her Father, Her Family, Her Country, and a Continent by Aminatta Forna

The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Memoir of Her Father, Her Family, Her Country, and a Continent

Aminatta Forna

416 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

Praised as “a shining example of what autobiography can be: harrowing, illuminating and thoughtful” (USA Today), Aminatta Forna’s intensely personal history is a passionate and vivid account of an idyllic childhood which became the stuff of nightm...

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challenging 100%
informative 100%
emotional 66%
reflective 66%
dark 33%
hopeful 33%
inspiring 33%
sad 33%

Pace

slow 66%
medium 33%

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