How Long to Read Country Summers

How Long Does it Take to Read Country Summers?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 26 minutes to read Country Summers by Bobbie Harrison

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

Description

Carefree summer vacations, nostalgically sweet songs of that summer's hit parade, the joy and sting of first love, each forms building blocks of our cherished memories. Times in our hearts before the stresses of adult responsibilities, times of learning and times of moving on to the next level of growth, all of these move us along the road to maturity. Country Summers, a work of fiction, follows a young girl, her friends and family seen through the lens of their summer vacations in Monroe, New York. Starting in an apartment on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, New York in 1954, Laurel Milton grows from ages twelve to eighteen. She and her summer crowd of friends experiment with romance, understanding their parents, religion, social etiquette, and solve a mystery involving the early history of the region. Highlights from the story include: * Uncovering the details of a deadly traffic accident * The ritual of the "Mock Marriage" * The Sadie Hawkins Dance * Dating rules of the mid-nineteen fifties * Social norms of in-groups and out-groups * Festivals and Sabbath traditions of the Hebrew religion * A mysterious farm family with a futuristic lifestyle KIRKUS BOOK REVIEW BOOK REVIEW A fictionalized memoir of idyllic teenage summers in Monroe, NY, during the 1950s. Apple Hill, a country bungalow community on a lake, attracted families from New York City who wanted to escape apartment living in the summer. The mothers kept house, gardened, cooked and played mah jongg and canasta while the fathers commuted to the city. The teenagers worked at summer jobs as camp counselors, mechanics and reporters. Social activity centered on the club house, where adults enjoyed Saturday-night dancing and entertainment, and teens had parent-approved weekly themed dances. Some of the teens, though, had other private parties, usually in a local basement that offered "make-out music" and games such as "post office and spin the bottle." Laurel, the most prominent character in this book, led the members of the younger set as they occupied themselves with gossip, dramas of love and romance, listening in on party-line conversations and prying into the affairs of others. Visitors to Apple Hill observed Jewish holidays and religious traditions in the club house, which became a "rustic synagogue." This ambitious memoir, upbeat and respectful, takes the form of a series of sketches of the lives of the summer families as well as prominent non-Jewish local residents and how they overlapped.

How long is Country Summers?

Country Summers by Bobbie Harrison is 562 pages long, and a total of 141,624 words.

This makes it 190% the length of the average book. It also has 173% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Country Summers Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 53 minutes to read Country Summers aloud.

What Reading Level is Country Summers?

Country Summers 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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