How Long to Read Cherry Street Alley

How Long Does it Take to Read Cherry Street Alley?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 51 minutes to read Cherry Street Alley by Ernest R. House

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

Description

A butcher knife whistled and crackled through gristle and bone as grandma cut through rabbits and squirrels. Browned, crisped, and mixed with a gravy made from milk, flour, and meat drippings, this was served as the daily feast. That was 1939 in Depression-era Alton, Illinois, when Ernest R. House was born. So begins Cherry Street Alley, his memoir of a childhood filled with adventures, mishaps, and family sagas. House endures poverty and a rotating cast of guardians. Born into an extended family, he and his sister are sent to live with relatives after his father dies suddenly and his mother remarries. He recounts stories of coming-of-age in a rough neighborhood of Alton, a former riverboat town along the Mississippi River. Many remembrances are dotted with humor-such as growing up next to a whorehouse and having people mistake your home for it. There's violence in House's outlines of his relatives, including his father's loving-but criminal-personality. There's also compassion in a memoir about a family's struggles to survive. Told in the style of popular childhood memoirs Angela's Ashes and This Boy's Life, Cherry Street Alley is a book you won't soon forget.

How long is Cherry Street Alley?

Cherry Street Alley by Ernest R. House is 108 pages long, and a total of 27,864 words.

This makes it 36% the length of the average book. It also has 34% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Cherry Street Alley Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 32 minutes to read Cherry Street Alley aloud.

What Reading Level is Cherry Street Alley?

Cherry Street Alley is suitable for students ages 10 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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