Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir by Walela Nehanda

Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir

Walela Nehanda

400 pages first pub 2024 (view editions)

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ 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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4.44
based on 275 reviews

Moods

emotional: 91%

reflective: 79%

challenging: 49%

sad: 46%

dark: 33%

tense: 20%

informative: 18%

inspiring: 15%

hopeful: 14%

funny: 2%

mysterious: 2%


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30% of readers chose fast
56% of readers chose medium
12% of readers chose slow
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