It takes the average reader 5 hours and 51 minutes to read Dirt to Scratch and Eggs to Lay by Marie-Therese Gould (Stein)
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
“Dirt to Scratch and Eggs to Lay” – an autobiography – is the story of life in a small country town in Queensland during post-World War 2, as perceived and told by the youngest child in a family of seven – a family “too poor to have a father”! Brutally honest, and told with ‘black’ humour, the author begins her story in ‘the security of Mitchell’, travels through the ‘reality of the rest of the world’, and concludes it in the ‘security of retirement’ (at Ma’s).
Dirt to Scratch and Eggs to Lay by Marie-Therese Gould (Stein) is 339 pages long, and a total of 87,801 words.
This makes it 114% the length of the average book. It also has 107% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 59 minutes to read Dirt to Scratch and Eggs to Lay aloud.
Dirt to Scratch and Eggs to Lay 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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