How Long to Read It's Like This

How Long Does it Take to Read It's Like This?

It takes the average reader to read It's Like This by Jack O'Brien

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Description

John (Jack) J. O'Brien (B. 1925 - D. 2001) was an ecclesiastical muralist who painted the ceilings and walls of cathedrals and churches and one statehouse across the Northeast United States during the 1950s - 1960s. A World War Two veteran with the 45th Infantry, he was severely wounded, highly decorated for bravery and suffered severe post-traumatic stress for many years of his life. In the 1960s, an accident with a coke bottle injured one of his hands and he could no longer climb the scaffolding to paint church murals. For a while after the injury he worked the Montreal Exposition, the World Fair and the Macy's Day parades as an artist and helped his Union. He rejoined his wife and children in Toronto, Canada after a hospital stay to treat alcohol and codeine dependency. Taking a tiny, Spartan studio in Markham near Bloor Street, Jack began a torrent of writing as a catharsis to rid himself of the demons of war. The book of poetry It's Like This and the book on war Dog Star, were completed first. He was elected President of the Canadian Writer's Guild, though American, and he would read his work to rapt, packed-in audiences. He completed two more novels in that tiny studio which housed only a bed, a coat hook and an overturned fruit crate as a desk. The Golden Gumball detailed his family's experiences during the Great Depression and The Terminal Assassins, was his only fictional work. It was a fast moving book where group therapy veterans with terminal conditions decide to target untouchable criminals and other agents of evil as their parting gift to the world. Paramount Motion Pictures began discussions with Jack to buy the rights to make it into a movie. As with all of his written work, he demurred and did not publish.

How long is It's Like This?

It's Like This by Jack O'Brien is 0 pages long, and a total of 0 words.

This makes it 0% the length of the average book. It also has 0% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read It's Like This Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes to read It's Like This aloud.

What Reading Level is It's Like This?

It's Like This is suitable for students ages 2 and up.

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