The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit

The Faraway Nearby

Rebecca Solnit

259 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir reflective slow-paced
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 Apricots. Her mother's disintegrating memory. An invitation to Iceland. Illness. These are Rebecca Solnit's raw materials, but The Faraway Nearby goes beyond her own life, as she spirals out into the stories she heard and read—from fairy tales to...

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reflective 100%
emotional 55%
inspiring 36%
informative 34%
challenging 24%
hopeful 24%
sad 20%
adventurous 15%
dark 6%
relaxing 5%
mysterious 3%
funny 1%

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slow 57%
medium 42%

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