Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody

Coming of Age in Mississippi

Anne Moody

424 pages first pub 1968 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography history memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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Moody's famous autobiography is a classic work on growing up poor and Black in the rural South. Her searing account of life before the Civil Rights Movement is as moving as The Color Purple and as important as And Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. A h...

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Moods

informative 77%
emotional 66%
challenging 57%
reflective 48%
inspiring 40%
tense 40%
dark 37%
sad 37%
hopeful 17%
adventurous 4%
funny 2%

Pace

medium 58%
slow 27%
fast 13%

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