It takes the average reader 4 hours to read Hay Before the Bookshops or the Beeman’s Family by Bridget Ashton
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Much as we all love Hay-on-Wye’s bookshops, what was life like in Hay before they arrived? Bridget Ashton, a well-respected local historian, lived here as a child. In this compelling account, she sets out to recall, from the perspective of her girlhood self, what Hay was like in the 1940s and ’50s – with trains, a half-ruined castle, and a cinema (we all know what happened to that). ‘The Beeman’s family’ lived in Market Street, off Castle Square. How did they come to be here? What was family life like in those frugal times? This is the framework for a profound evocation of rural childhood in...
Hay Before the Bookshops or the Beeman’s Family by Bridget Ashton is 240 pages long, and a total of 60,000 words.
This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read Hay Before the Bookshops or the Beeman’s Family aloud.
Hay Before the Bookshops or the Beeman’s Family is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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