The Two Kinds of Decay by Sarah Manguso

The Two Kinds of Decay

Sarah Manguso

184 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction health memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

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At twenty-one, just as she was starting to comprehend the puzzles of adulthood, Sarah Manguso was faced with another: a wildly unpredictable autoimmune disease that appeared suddenly and tore through her twenties, paralyzing her for weeks at a tim...

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Moods

emotional 90%
dark 70%
informative 60%
reflective 60%
sad 40%
challenging 30%
tense 20%
hopeful 10%
inspiring 10%

Pace

medium 55%
slow 33%
fast 11%

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