Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward, Jesmyn Ward

Men We Reaped: A Memoir

Jesmyn Ward, Jesmyn Ward

274 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward (Salvage the Bones, Sing, Unburied, Sing) contends with the deaths of five young men dear to her, and the risk of being a black man in the rural South.“We saw the lightning and that was the guns; and...

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emotional 91%
sad 84%
reflective 75%
challenging 41%
dark 41%
informative 23%
tense 9%
inspiring 6%
hopeful 4%
funny 1%

Pace

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slow 16%
fast 11%

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