Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood by Fatema Mernissi

Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood

Fatema Mernissi with Ruth V. Ward

242 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction historical memoir reflective slow-paced

Description

This "wonderful and enchanting" memoir tells the revelatory true story of one Muslim girl's life in her family's French Moroccan harem, set against the backdrop of World War II (The New York Times Book Review). "I was born in a harem in 1940 in F...

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Moods

reflective 77%
informative 63%
emotional 40%
funny 36%
hopeful 27%
inspiring 27%
adventurous 18%
sad 13%
lighthearted 9%
relaxing 9%

Pace

slow 42%
medium 42%
fast 14%

Average rating

3.91

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