Wüstenblume by Waris Dirie

347 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
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Waris Dirie ran away from her oppressive life in the African desert when she was barely in her teens, illiterate and impoverished, with nothing to her name but a tattered shawl. She traveled alone across the dangerous Somali desert to Mogadishu — ...

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Moods

emotional 80%
informative 69%
inspiring 66%
reflective 45%
sad 41%
challenging 39%
hopeful 28%
dark 25%
adventurous 21%
tense 13%
funny 6%
lighthearted 1%

Pace

medium 60%
fast 37%
slow 2%

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