Jesus Land: A Memoir by Julia Scheeres

Jesus Land: A Memoir

Julia Scheeres

363 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir religion challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Description

For Julia Scheeres and her adopted brother David, "Jesus Land" stretched from their parents' fundamentalist home, past the hostilities of high school, and deep into a Christian reform school in the Dominican Republic. For these two teenagers - bro...

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Moods

sad 80%
dark 69%
emotional 69%
challenging 50%
reflective 47%
tense 22%
informative 16%
inspiring 16%
funny 11%
adventurous 2%
hopeful 2%

Pace

medium 70%
fast 17%
slow 11%

Average rating

3.97

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