It takes the average reader 2 hours and 39 minutes to read Completing the Circle by David Kates
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
From the darkest tunnel, through a prism, David A. Kates renders the life and death of his mother, Judy, with searing love and feisty insight. The voice of this young poet-son lingers long after the burn of the final phrase. -Martha Fuller Instructor, Otis College of Art + Design, UCLA Extension, and UC Irvine Extension What does a person do when his mother passes away from metastatic breast cancer, and he inherits grief, a townhouse, guilt, lipstick-stained tissues, flowers, a baby grand piano, melancholia, and a highly altered life? He writes! Completing the Circle: A Son's Memoir is vivid storytelling set in a much-loved home among the stark mountains and vast Pacific Ocean of Pacific Palisades, CA. Completing the Circle mixes poetry and short stories to shed light on cancer, mortality, the mother/son relationship, bereavement, happiness, and dealing with change. Completing the Circle concludes: "A lot of tears stain this book, As well as A lot of hope for a vigorous future."
Completing the Circle by David Kates is 156 pages long, and a total of 39,936 words.
This makes it 53% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to read Completing the Circle aloud.
Completing the Circle is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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