Jesus Land: A Memoir by Julia Scheeres

Jesus Land: A Memoir

Julia Scheeres

363 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir religion challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Description

For Julia Scheeres and her adopted brother David, "Jesus Land" stretched from their parents' fundamentalist home, past the hostilities of high school, and deep into a Christian reform school in the Dominican Republic. For these two teenagers - bro...

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Moods

sad 80%
dark 68%
emotional 68%
challenging 51%
reflective 48%
tense 22%
informative 17%
inspiring 17%
funny 11%
adventurous 2%
hopeful 2%

Pace

medium 72%
fast 18%
slow 9%

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3.96

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