The Blessing: A Memoir by Gregory Orr

The Blessing: A Memoir

Gregory Orr

256 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction memoir poetry reflective slow-paced
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"The inadvertent shooting death of his brother by poet Orr gives this memoir a god-awful specific gravity and spurs the author\'s search for ways to live on…Here, the old and new meanings of \'blessing\' - to sprinkle with blood, to confer spiritu...

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Moods

emotional 100%
hopeful 100%
reflective 66%
sad 66%
dark 33%
informative 33%
inspiring 33%
tense 33%

Pace

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fast 50%

Average rating

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