Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

Heavy: An American Memoir

Kiese Laymon with Kiese Laymon (Narrator)

6 hours, 17 minutes first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Description

Provocative and genre-bending essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon sets out to lose 150 pounds in a year, talks with his mother and grandmother about their relationships to weight in America-and chronicles what a lifetime of secrets, lies, and decep...

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Moods

emotional 86%
reflective 79%
challenging 67%
sad 47%
dark 39%
tense 24%
informative 17%
inspiring 17%
hopeful 12%
funny 4%

Pace

medium 71%
fast 16%
slow 12%

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4.59

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