It takes the average reader 2 hours and 12 minutes to read A BOY WALKS INTO A BAR by Robert C. Kelly
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In one year’s time, two events in the author’s life herald a future of turmoil and tragedy, the aftermath of which he continues to deal with today. At the age of twelve, he had his first drink—a can of beer—in a church parking lot. That summer, he took a job in a bar around the corner from the house he grew up in. He was thirteen. And so began his love affair with alcohol and with bartending. The book traces his descent into alcoholic oblivion as he moved from one bartending job to another. Ironically, he knew he was an alcoholic but failed to understand the meaning of the concept “It’s the first drink that gets you drunk.” As a consequence, it took him twenty-seven years to face the reality of his disease, but then after almost twenty years of sobriety, he once again
A BOY WALKS INTO A BAR by Robert C. Kelly is 128 pages long, and a total of 33,024 words.
This makes it 43% the length of the average book. It also has 40% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours to read A BOY WALKS INTO A BAR aloud.
A BOY WALKS INTO A BAR is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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