The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood by Helene Cooper

The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood

Helene Cooper with Helene Cooper (Narrator)

9 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional slow-paced
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Journalist Helene Cooper examines the violent past of her home country Liberia and the effects of its 1980 military coup in this deeply personal memoir and finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award.Helene Cooper is “Congo,” a descen...

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Moods

informative 70%
emotional 60%
reflective 60%
challenging 30%
dark 30%
hopeful 30%
sad 30%
adventurous 20%
funny 10%
inspiring 10%
lighthearted 10%
tense 10%

Pace

medium 63%
slow 27%
fast 9%

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3.81

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