Cockroaches by Jordan Stump, Scholastique Mukasonga

250 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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Imagine being born into a world where everything about you--the shape of your nose, the look of your hair, the place of your birth--designates you as an undesirable, an inferior, a menace, no better than a cockroach, something to be driven away an...

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Moods

sad 86%
emotional 76%
dark 71%
challenging 59%
reflective 58%
informative 53%
tense 32%
inspiring 5%
hopeful 2%
lighthearted 1%

Pace

medium 60%
slow 21%
fast 18%

Average rating

4.53

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