The Book of Emma Reyes: A Memoir by Emma Reyes

The Book of Emma Reyes: A Memoir

Emma Reyes with Daniel Alarcón (Translator)

208 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction art biography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
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Emma Reyes was an illegitimate child, raised in a windowless room in Bogot with no water or toilet and only ingenuity to keep her and her sister alive. Abandoned by her mother, she moved with her sister to a Catholic convent, where she scrubbed fl...

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Moods

emotional 74%
reflective 62%
sad 62%
dark 33%
challenging 25%
inspiring 22%
funny 18%
tense 18%
hopeful 14%
informative 14%
adventurous 11%
lighthearted 7%
mysterious 7%
relaxing 3%

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slow 24%
fast 20%

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