Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

Heavy: An American Memoir

Kiese Laymon with Kiese Laymon (Narrator)

6 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2018 (view editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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Heavy: An American Memoir is ideal for readers who seek raw, introspective narratives that confront personal and societal struggles with unflinching honesty, blending emotional depth and cultural critique.

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Provocative and genre-bending essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon sets out to lose 150 pounds in a year, talks with his mother and grandmother about their relationships to weight in America-and chronicles what a lifetime of secrets, lies, and decep...

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4.57
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Moods

emotional: 87%

reflective: 79%

challenging: 64%

sad: 50%

dark: 41%

tense: 25%

inspiring: 19%

informative: 18%

hopeful: 15%

funny: 6%

Pace

20% of readers chose fast
69% of readers chose medium
10% of readers chose slow
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