How Long to Read Brixton Beach

How Long Does it Take to Read Brixton Beach?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 51 minutes to read Brixton Beach by Roma Tearne

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

Description

Described as 'rich and satisfying' by The Times, Brixton Beach is the story of an artistic young girl forced to leave war-torn Sri Lanka, only to find that the shadow of violence has followed her to London. 'An ambitious, lyrical novel' TLS Opening dramatically with the horrors of the 2005 London bombings, this is the profoundly moving story of a country on the brink of civil war and a child's struggle to come to terms with loss. London. On a bright July morning a series of bombs bring the capital to a halt. Simon Swann, a medic from one of the large teaching hospitals, is searching frantically amongst the chaos and the rubble. All around police sirens and ambulances are screaming but Simon does not hear. He is out of breath because he has been running, and he is distraught. But who is he looking for? To find out we have first to go back thirty years to a small island in the Indian Ocean where a little girl named Alice Fonseka is learning to ride a bicycle on the beach. The island is Sri Lanka, with its community on the brink of civil war. Alice's life is about to change forever. Soon she will have to leave for England, abandoning her beloved grandfather, and accompanied by her mother Sita, a woman broken by a series of terrible events. In London, Alice grows into womanhood. Trapped in a loveless marriage, she has a son. Slowly she fulfils her grandfather's prophecy and becomes an artist. Eventually she finds true love. But London in the twenty first century is a mass of migration and suspicion. The war on terror has begun and everyone, even Simon Swann, middle class, rational, medic that he is, will be caught up in this war in the most unexpected and terrible way.

How long is Brixton Beach?

Brixton Beach by Roma Tearne is 517 pages long, and a total of 132,869 words.

This makes it 174% the length of the average book. It also has 162% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Brixton Beach Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 6 minutes to read Brixton Beach aloud.

What Reading Level is Brixton Beach?

Brixton Beach 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.

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