They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us by Prachi Gupta

They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us

Prachi Gupta

288 pages first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir informative reflective sad medium-paced
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An Indian American daughter reveals how the dangerous model minority myth fractured her family in this “searingly honest memoir that manages to be at once a scalding indictment and a heartfelt love letter” (Scott Stossel, author of My Age of Anxie...

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Moods

emotional 90%
reflective 76%
sad 72%
challenging 51%
dark 43%
tense 31%
inspiring 29%
informative 28%
hopeful 14%
adventurous 1%
funny 1%

Pace

medium 72%
fast 17%
slow 10%

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