Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir by Walela Nehanda

Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir

Walela Nehanda

400 pages first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir poetry young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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A searing debut YA poetry and essay collection about a Black cancer patient who faces medical racism after being diagnosed with leukemia in their early twenties, for fans of Audre Lorde’s The Cancer Journals and Laurie Halse Anderson’s Shout.When ...

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Moods

emotional 95%
reflective 82%
challenging 50%
sad 50%
dark 34%
tense 21%
hopeful 19%
inspiring 17%
informative 10%
funny 4%
adventurous 2%
mysterious 2%

Pace

medium 64%
fast 31%
slow 4%

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4.51

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