The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood

Ta-Nehisi Coates

227 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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An exceptional father-son story from the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me about the reality that tests us, the myths that sustain us, and the love that saves us. Paul Coates was an enigmatic god to his sons: a Vietnam...

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Moods

reflective 78%
emotional 53%
inspiring 43%
informative 37%
challenging 31%
hopeful 15%
dark 9%
funny 9%
sad 9%
adventurous 6%
tense 6%
lighthearted 3%
relaxing 3%

Pace

medium 53%
slow 31%
fast 15%

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4.03

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