How Long to Read Endings

How Long Does it Take to Read Endings?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 13 minutes to read Endings by Betty Jane Wylie

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

Description

Betty Jane Wylie's Endings is not to be taken lightly, though its tone is deceptively light and its style lively and conversational. She extracts interesting anecdotes and observations from her long, well-lived life and asks serious questions: How do we live as old people? As old women? What can we expect? How do we handle the time that is left? Eighty-eight year old Wylie tackles these subjects thoughtfully, but also with humour and charm. You won't just enjoy this book; if you're approaching this stage of life, you will find it both salutary and richly entertaining. Endings is a valuable contribution to the literature about and by aging people. - Sharon Butala Short-listed three times for a Governor-General's Award; author of Season of Fury and Wonder. "While demographic studies tell of our aging population, most people--and governments-barely acknowledge this shift. Shortly before his death in 43 B.C., the Roman writer Cicero meditated on old age in De Senectute, a classic recently translated as How to Grow Old. This challenging subject now occupies many contemporary writers in their so-called 'golden years', with popular new memoirs from Diana Athill, Donald Hall and Roger Angel offering intimate accounts of their dilemmas and solutions. In Endings: A Book for Almost Everyone, Betty Jane Wylie, the Canadian non-fiction writer, playwright and blogger, adds her warm-hearted but wry voice to an important growing genre. Admirers of Wylie's work will recognize her compassionate approach to life's struggles, while readers new to her will enjoy the frank, hard-won wisdom of a woman who looks at life clear-eyed. Old age, she tells us, takes 'guts and grace', which is also a good description of this memoir. - Richard Teleky, Professor of Humanities at York University and author of Ordinary Paradise: Essays on Art and Culture

How long is Endings?

Endings by Betty Jane Wylie is 192 pages long, and a total of 48,384 words.

This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Endings Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 24 minutes to read Endings aloud.

What Reading Level is Endings?

Endings is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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