The Twenty-Ninth Year by Hala Alyan

The Twenty-Ninth Year

Hala Alyan

96 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

In Islamic and Western tradition, age twenty-nine is a milestone, a year of transformation and upheaval. For Hala Alyan, this is a year in which the past—memories of family members, old friends and past lovers, the heat of another land, another la...

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Moods

reflective 91%
emotional 80%
challenging 38%
dark 30%
sad 16%
tense 13%
adventurous 5%
relaxing 5%
hopeful 2%
informative 2%
inspiring 2%
mysterious 2%

Pace

fast 50%
medium 28%
slow 21%

Average rating

3.88

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