Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller by Nadia Wassef

Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller

Nadia Wassef

240 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced

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“As a bookseller, I loved Shelf Life for the chance to peer behind the curtain of Diwan, Nadia Wassef’s Egyptian bookstore—the way that the personal is inextricable from the professional, the way that failure and success are often lovers, the rela...

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Moods

reflective 83%
informative 77%
funny 41%
inspiring 37%
hopeful 24%
emotional 20%
challenging 11%
lighthearted 9%
adventurous 8%
relaxing 3%
sad 1%
tense 1%

Pace

medium 64%
slow 19%
fast 15%

Average rating

3.59

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