One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir by Binyavanga Wainaina

One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir

Binyavanga Wainaina

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

256 pages | first published 2011

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*A New York Times Notable Book**A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice**A Publishers Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year*Binyavanga Wainaina tumbled through his middle-class Kenyan childhood out of kilter with the world around him. This world ca...
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Summary of 140 reviews

Moods

reflective 77%
emotional 66%
informative 66%
challenging 44%
funny 22%
inspiring 22%
adventurous 11%
hopeful 11%
lighthearted 11%
mysterious 11%
relaxing 11%
tense 11%

Pace

slow 63%
medium 36%

Average rating

3.72

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