How Long to Read A Near-Perfect Gift

How Long Does it Take to Read A Near-Perfect Gift?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 15 minutes to read A Near-Perfect Gift by Rose Marie Kinder

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

"[Kinder] writes with the x-ray vision of a Sherwood Anderson, and with the insight of a Freudian analyst, an interpreter of dreams, in language that could be as well suited to the traditional folktale or the hometown newspaper as to poetry of the French surrealists. Here is a collection of short fiction for our times: a mirror held up to the homely details, reflecting back to us the wild insides." ---Laura Kasischke, MLFA judge "I read A Near-Perfect Gift from start to end without stopping, and, when I finished, found myself sitting in my darkened office, infused with an unexpected sense of peace." ---Eileen Pollack, MLFA judge The stories in A Near-Perfect Gift revolve around the often hardscrabble small-town life in one rural village. Like any other community inhabited by the human race, it's a place where the banal and the improbable coalesce, a place with its share of common tragedies and uncommon madmen: some howl at the moon, while others turn out to be heroes. There are the two old ladies down the street who might be witches and must be exorcised, and the man who plucks chickens for a living. It is within the perimeter of this offbeat microcosm of the world that seemingly small questions---often the kind that children ask, arising from a child's imagined understanding of how the adult world works---assume an eerie portent: Was that a snake beneath the woodpile? Could a pregnant bat climb out of a hole in the ground? The answers never cease to surprise.

How long is A Near-Perfect Gift?

A Near-Perfect Gift by Rose Marie Kinder is 193 pages long, and a total of 48,829 words.

This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 60% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Near-Perfect Gift Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 26 minutes to read A Near-Perfect Gift aloud.

What Reading Level is A Near-Perfect Gift?

A Near-Perfect Gift is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

Where Can I Buy A Near-Perfect Gift?

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