It takes the average reader 4 hours and 10 minutes to read Black Lightning by Dymphna Cusack
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Cusack's classic that broke new ground in its treatment of the values of present-day Australia and in its picture of the changing Aboriginal world. For Tempe Caxton, glamorous television star, life has lost its lustre. Her son was killed in the war, her lover has walked out on her, her job is over and life seems meaningless. Suicide seems to promise an easy way out. While recovering from a failed attempt, she discovers a surprising secret in the pages of her dead son's diary - she has a granddaughter. And she soon finds out that her grandchild is in trouble - the family that have raised her are being unfairly evicted from the land they have held for four generations. Gradually Tempe is pulled into an alien world, with a new purpose; she is forced to rethink her long-held prejudices, fight for principles she has never before thought about, and find a new reason for living.
Black Lightning by Dymphna Cusack is 250 pages long, and a total of 62,500 words.
This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 41 minutes to read Black Lightning aloud.
Black Lightning is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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