How Long to Read Doing what Had to be Done

How Long Does it Take to Read Doing what Had to be Done?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 32 minutes to read Doing what Had to be Done by Soo-Young Chin

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

Description

The first biography of an American-born Korean woman, Doing What Had to Be Done is, on the surface, the life story of Dora Yum Kim. But telling more than one woman's story, author Soo-Young Chin offers more than an unusual glimpse at the shaping of a remarkable community activist. In addition as she questions her subject, introduces each chapter, and reflects on how Dora's story relates to her own experience as a Korean-American who immigrated to this country as an adult she carves around Dora's compelling and courageous life story, a story of her own and one of all Korean-Americans. Born in 1921, Dora, as she tells Chin her story, chronicles the shifting salience of gendered ethnic identity as she journeys through her life. Traveling through time and place, she moves from San Francisco's Chinatown where Koreans were a minority within a minority to suburban Dewey Boulevard where Dora and her family attempt to integrate into mainstream America and where she becomes a social worker in the California State Department of Employment. As the Korean immigrant community grows in the late 1960s, Dora becomes deeply involved in community service. She remembers teaching English to senior ci

How long is Doing what Had to be Done?

Doing what Had to be Done by Soo-Young Chin is 266 pages long, and a total of 68,096 words.

This makes it 90% the length of the average book. It also has 83% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Doing what Had to be Done Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 12 minutes to read Doing what Had to be Done aloud.

What Reading Level is Doing what Had to be Done?

Doing what Had to be Done 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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