It takes the average reader 4 hours and 28 minutes to read Gooseberries Have Thorns by Margaret L. States
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Gooseberries Have Thorns chronicles everyday experiences, relationships, and major events in the lives of Maggie’s ancestors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The narrative focuses primarily on Maggie and how she navigates various circumstances in racialized Nova Scotia in the early twentieth century. Maggie (Margaret Jane) Elms, born in 1894, is a descendant of Loyalists of African descent who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1783. Prior to her first marriage, Maggie becomes a domestic worker to financially support her mother and siblings. Although shaken by the untimely deaths of her...
Gooseberries Have Thorns by Margaret L. States is 264 pages long, and a total of 67,056 words.
This makes it 89% the length of the average book. It also has 82% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 6 minutes to read Gooseberries Have Thorns aloud.
Gooseberries Have Thorns is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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