How Long to Read From My Mother's Back

How Long Does it Take to Read From My Mother's Back?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 58 minutes to read From My Mother's Back by Njoki Nathani Wane

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

Description

"In this warm and honest memoir, celebrated academic Njoki Wane shares her journey from her parents' small coffee farm in Kenya, where she helped her mother in the fields as a child, to her current work as a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Moving smoothly between time and place, Wane uses her past to illuminate her present. The childhood confusion caused by nuns at her boarding school dismissing her proper name and demanding she give them a Christian first name she did not possess, which resulted in many unexpected consequences, leads deftly to her requirement as a professor that her students, and all her colleagues, learn to use and correctly pronounce her first name of Njoki. In similar ways, Wane uses other memories, painful and tender, to show how her early lessons and the support given by her family allowed her to succeed as a woman of colour in the academy and to later lift up her students facing their own difficult journeys. Yet Wane does not gloss over her own growing pains as a young woman, and as an established professor she still questions whether or not her attachment to Western conveniences is wise. For, in the end, Wane never forgets that her story started with the feeling of safety and the clear field of view she received as a child carried on her mother's back."--

How long is From My Mother's Back?

From My Mother's Back by Njoki Nathani Wane is 175 pages long, and a total of 44,625 words.

This makes it 59% the length of the average book. It also has 55% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read From My Mother's Back Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 3 minutes to read From My Mother's Back aloud.

What Reading Level is From My Mother's Back?

From My Mother's Back is suitable for students ages 10 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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