This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman by Ilhan Omar

This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman

Ilhan Omar

288 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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An intimate and rousing memoir by progressive trailblazer Ilhan Omar—the first African refugee, the first Somali-American, and one of the first Muslim women, elected to Congress.Ilhan Omar was only eight years old when war broke out in Somalia. Th...

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Moods

inspiring 82%
informative 67%
hopeful 62%
reflective 57%
emotional 45%
challenging 23%
adventurous 7%
funny 3%
sad 2%
dark 1%

Pace

medium 59%
fast 35%
slow 4%

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