They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up by Eternity Martis

They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up

Eternity Martis

250 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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A powerful, moving memoir about what it's like to be a student of colour on a predominantly white campus.A booksmart kid from Toronto, Eternity Martis was excited to move away to Western University for her undergraduate degree. But as one of the f...

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Moods

emotional 85%
reflective 77%
informative 73%
challenging 58%
inspiring 32%
sad 26%
funny 21%
dark 18%
hopeful 17%
tense 15%
lighthearted 1%

Pace

medium 75%
fast 17%
slow 7%

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