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Unbowed: A Memoir (Vintage)

Maathai, Wangari
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literary fiction memoir past tense first POV ~459 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

resilient reflective defiant

A literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 30
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count114,858
Page count~459 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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