Without Warning and Only Sometimes: Scenes from an Unpredictable Childhood by Kit de Waal

Without Warning and Only Sometimes: Scenes from an Unpredictable Childhood

Kit de Waal

304 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
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From the award-winning author of MY NAME IS LEON comes a childhood memoir set to become a classic: stinging, warm-hearted, and true.Kit de Waal grew up in a household of opposites and extremes. Her haphazard mother rarely cooked, forbade Christmas...

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Moods

emotional 89%
reflective 72%
hopeful 45%
sad 40%
funny 37%
inspiring 27%
informative 24%
challenging 21%
dark 18%
lighthearted 8%
adventurous 5%
tense 5%
mysterious 2%
relaxing 2%

Pace

medium 75%
fast 17%
slow 7%

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4.04

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