Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir by John Edgar Wideman

Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir

John Edgar Wideman

272 pages first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional slow-paced

Description

A haunting portrait of lives arriving at different destinies, Brothers and Keepers is John Edgar Wideman’s seminal memoir about two brothers — one an award-winning novelist, the other a fugitive wanted for robbery and murder. Wideman recalls the c...

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challenging 83%
emotional 83%
informative 83%
reflective 66%
inspiring 50%
tense 16%

Pace

medium 60%
slow 40%

Average rating

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