Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood by Fatema Mernissi

Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood

Fatema Mernissi

256 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction historical memoir reflective slow-paced
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“I was born in a harem in 1940 in Fez, Morocco . . . ”So begins Fatima Mernissi in this illuminating narrative of a childhood behind the iron gates of a domestic harem. In Dreams of Trespass, Mernissi weaves her own memories with the dreams and me...

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Moods

reflective 75%
informative 66%
emotional 41%
funny 33%
hopeful 25%
inspiring 25%
adventurous 16%
relaxing 12%
sad 12%
lighthearted 8%

Pace

slow 43%
medium 43%
fast 13%

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