It takes the average reader 5 hours and 47 minutes to read Going Down Fast by Marge Piercy
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When their neighborhood is marked for urban renewal, four tenacious city dwellers band together in the face of a wealthy and powerful institution A local university plans to bulldoze and replace parts of a predominantly African American Chicago slum with student housing. But for those who live there, the affordable if run-down homes are havens for creativity and self-exploration, and a setting for developing meaningful relationships. Among the residents are Anna, a teacher; her lover, Rowley, a soul singer; and their friends, documentary filmmaker Leon and the beautiful yet mysterious...
Going Down Fast by Marge Piercy is 343 pages long, and a total of 86,779 words.
This makes it 116% the length of the average book. It also has 106% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 54 minutes to read Going Down Fast aloud.
Going Down Fast is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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