Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

Zeitoun

Dave Eggers

342 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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The true story of one family, caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina. Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun run a house-painting business in New Orleans. In August of 2005, as Hurrica...

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Moods

emotional 65%
tense 54%
informative 50%
sad 48%
challenging 47%
reflective 39%
dark 38%
inspiring 31%
adventurous 25%
hopeful 16%
mysterious 2%

Pace

medium 61%
slow 21%
fast 16%

Average rating

4.06

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