Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur by Halima Bashir

Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur

Halima Bashir with Damien Lewis

316 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional slow-paced
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Born into the Zaghawa tribe in the Sudanese desert, Halima Bashir received a good education away from her rural surroundings (thanks to her doting, politically astute father) and at twenty-four became her village's first formal doctor. Yet not eve...

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Moods

dark 100%
challenging 87%
sad 75%
tense 75%
emotional 62%
informative 37%
reflective 37%
inspiring 25%
adventurous 12%

Pace

medium 71%
fast 14%
slow 14%

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