It takes the average reader 4 hours and 52 minutes to read Angel's Downfall by Peter Leigh
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Angel's Downfall Angela Jones' mother Rita is dancer who is tragically widowed in the closing stages of the war and left almost destitute. Angela's wealthy grandparents at first reject Angela. Eventually they begin to build a strong relationship with her, but then are killed in a plane crash when she is nine years old. Angela's life is forced into further turmoil when her mother remarries. Deeply unhappy she pursues her dream of emulating both her father and her grandparents by becoming a doctor. With her life on an even keel and with university medical school beckoning, her Step father and half brother are killed in a car crash. Her mother is left unable to walk after the accident and turns against her and she is forced to give up her dream of going to medical school to look after her crippled mother. Lonely and devoid of love and friendship, Angela has an adulterous affair. Shunned by her mother and many of those she loves, she is finally able to begin her studies, but with no financial support. To make ends meet she leads a double life as a medical student and as 'Angel' an exotic dancer. Yet her past haunts her. Her mother is murdered and for a while Angela is a suspect. A mysterious tin box is discovered in her mother's effects that reveal secrets about her mother past life and Angela finds out that she could have enemies who seek to do her harm. Finally Angela becomes a doctor and marries into a wealthy family. Then over twenty years later a chance encounter leads to her downfall, as her mother's past life and her own past as a dancer begins to catch up with her, she is blackmailed and kidnapped. Will her life descend into a living nightmare from which there is no waking? Or will her true friends come to her rescue in time?
Angel's Downfall by Peter Leigh is 286 pages long, and a total of 73,216 words.
This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 89% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 40 minutes to read Angel's Downfall aloud.
Angel's Downfall is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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