It takes the average reader 4 hours and 42 minutes to read A Heart Near Death by Norma M. Riccucci
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
When life imitates opera, what is a young Italian American girl to do? At the age of eleven, I lost my mother, Tosca, to cancer, and within two years, my father committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. My warm, extended Italian immigrant family began to unravel as greed and selfishness motivated the adults around me. A Heart Near Death is a memoir about how I survived the tragic events of my early childhood, which included the death of two parents, separation from my brothers, the robbery of my inheritance, and being sexually abused by my uncle. Outside readers have called A Heart Near Death plucky and evocative. Lyrical and raw, funny and poignant, the book celebrates courage, dignity, humor and endurance. Like the operas that sustained me throughout my life, it is a story I hope will uplift and inspire many others.
A Heart Near Death by Norma M. Riccucci is 276 pages long, and a total of 70,656 words.
This makes it 93% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 26 minutes to read A Heart Near Death aloud.
A Heart Near Death is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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