How Long to Read Building It All from Scraps

How Long Does it Take to Read Building It All from Scraps?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 39 minutes to read Building It All from Scraps by Beverly Ann Kessler

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

Description

To chase, to embrace, and to savor the deepest passions of her heart, a quirky carpenters daughter builds her social work career - and fills the emptiness she has long known - by captivating the love of her life - Carolyn. But Jordan Mathews success is short-lived, as her career evolves into an outrageous battle of office politics, where no good deed seems to go unpunished - and where only the power of love survives. A vibrant and playful celebration of gay pride, Building It All From Scraps is a campy fiction that blends love, relationships, friendships and family, with an understanding of gay culture and history. Set at the Jersey Shore in the 1970s and 1980s, the story shares the transformation of a shy and ambiguous girl to a professional gay woman, and pits wants vs. expectations, needs vs. loyalties, in this comical construction of lifes loves, and the quest to find true meaning. The author includes a variety of articles about prominent social issues and especially, those affecting gay people - at the end of the book. These condensed, professional, yet easy-to-understand articles form a reference section that serves as a political history and social commentary for gay people everywhere. But you dont need to use the reference section to enjoy this amusing story about life, and love, fulfilled. A tale that revels in the clash of the sexual revolution, balancing disco community and true love with family life and working class values, Building It All from Scraps is a humorous and solidifying testimonial to all gay people, an educational and informative book for all human service workers, and a great piece of philosophical entertainment for those who are neither. And it lets us know, at the end of the day, that we are all the same.

How long is Building It All from Scraps?

Building It All from Scraps by Beverly Ann Kessler is 573 pages long, and a total of 144,969 words.

This makes it 193% the length of the average book. It also has 177% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Building It All from Scraps Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 12 minutes to read Building It All from Scraps aloud.

What Reading Level is Building It All from Scraps?

Building It All from Scraps 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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Where Can I Buy Building It All from Scraps?

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