How Long to Read Baby Plays Around

How Long Does it Take to Read Baby Plays Around?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 50 minutes to read Baby Plays Around by Helene Stapinski

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

Description

By the author of the bestselling "Five-Finger Discount," a hip, funny, and absorbing memoir of a journalist realizing a lifelong dream-- playing drums in a rock band-- as her marriage hits the rocks Helene Stapinski took guitar lessons when she was a girl, but it was her brother's drums that really held her interest. She used to sneak in and play them when he was away; when he realized what she was doing, he dismantled them each time he finished playing. But Helene figured out how to put them back together. She learned the classic drum solos and followed the careers of famous drummers. As an adult, Helene put the drums aside and became a journalist. When she was thirty she interviewed Julie, the leader of a rock band, for a story. The band needed a drummer, and Helene's long-forgotten ambitions came flooding back. She joined, and then she brought her husband aboard on bass. Just as they started playing out at clubs, though, Helene's husband quit the group. And as Helene's involvement with her bandmates deepened, her relationship with her husband became distant and strained-- and very nearly shattered. "Baby Plays Around" reads like a novel but will ring true to anyone who has ever been in a band or just dreamed of it. Set amid the bars, clubs, and rehearsal studios of Manhattan's Lower East Side, it's an incisive exploration of the romance of rock and roll, and of the realization and relinquishing of youthful dreams-- about ambition, freedom, and infidelity, about love lost and found again. Written with the same wit and insight that distinguished Stapinski's uproarious memoir "Five-Finger Discount"-- and asense of humor as sharp as the crack of a snare drum-- "Baby Plays Around" is a unique and deeply personal story of music and passion. "From the Hardcover edition."

How long is Baby Plays Around?

Baby Plays Around by Helene Stapinski is 290 pages long, and a total of 72,500 words.

This makes it 98% the length of the average book. It also has 89% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Baby Plays Around Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 36 minutes to read Baby Plays Around aloud.

What Reading Level is Baby Plays Around?

Baby Plays Around is suitable for students ages 12 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.

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