When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back: Carl's Book by Naja Marie Aidt

When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back: Carl's Book

Naja Marie Aidt with Denise Newman (Translator)

152 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction memoir poetry emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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Finalist for the 2019 Kirkus Prize in NonfictionLonglisted for the National Book Award for Translated LiteratureLonglisted for the 2020 PEN Translation AwardAn unflinchingly raw and lyrical exploration of a mother's grief and how it transforms her...

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Moods

sad 100%
emotional 91%
reflective 64%
dark 58%
challenging 28%
tense 13%
informative 4%
hopeful 1%
inspiring 1%

Pace

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fast 35%
medium 26%

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