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My Side of the River
New · Memoir, Nonfiction, Biography

My Side of the River

by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez
2024 · 272 pages · Nonfiction
17 New ★ 3.76 on Goodreads · 7K ratings
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

Goodreads Choice (memoir autobiography) finalist (2024). 3.76★ from 7K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

17Must-Read Score
  • Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
  • Readers8 out of 100 · counts 50%+5
  • Buzz51 out of 100 · counts 15%+8

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True story, Moving

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