The Family that Couldn't Sleep by D.T. Max

The Family that Couldn't Sleep

D.T. Max

299 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
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For two hundred years a noble Venetian family has suffered from an inherited disease that strikes their members in middle age, stealing their sleep, eating holes in their brains, and ending their lives in a matter of months. In Papua New Guinea, a...

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informative 100%
reflective 34%
dark 25%
mysterious 25%
challenging 21%
sad 15%
emotional 12%
hopeful 9%
tense 6%
adventurous 3%
inspiring 3%

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fast 7%

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