How Long to Read It's Not about the Dog

How Long Does it Take to Read It's Not about the Dog?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 49 minutes to read It's Not about the Dog by Susan Taylor Chehak

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

Description

"A woman hosts her free-spirit sister, who has returned home to deal with a family crisis. Another copes with her husband's violent death while his mistress, who witnessed it, collects all the sympathy. A husband and wife, both on their second marriage, confront what makes them need to be with someone. In these 17 stories, Chehak delivers a passel of perspectives from the wiser sides of love and death. Her protagonists are largely in the second half of life; they have reached maturity and yet they are no less hungry for understanding. Generally, they do not react to specific problems in their lives but rather to the aggregate problem of life itself. A wonderful sensation of numbness pervades the stories: Readers don't witness events so much as sift through memories of them. It is not that Chehak's characters are unreliable; they simply aren't interested in feeding the reader a straight account. It's a haunted world of incidental music half heard or imagined, of tragedies witnessed from a distance or not at all. Characters tread through their realistic, complicated inner lives with a fatalistic sense of humor. The prose is a delight of turned-in logic and vernacular philosophy, allowing the occasional halting statement of bleak brilliance. Never predictable, the narratives twist to unforeseen ends: Characters prove to be not as petty (or far more petty) than previously believed. There is an emotional truth to their lives that readers might like to reject but can't. Despite all the ways men and women dress themselves up, in houses and marriages and careers and middle age, they can't help but remain self-preserving beasts at heart. The turns these stories take, structurally and emotionally, prove that Chehak is not only a daring literary artisan, but a connoisseur of human frailty. An acerbic, stirring collection from a master of the craft." --Kirkus Reviews

How long is It's Not about the Dog?

It's Not about the Dog by Susan Taylor Chehak is 166 pages long, and a total of 42,496 words.

This makes it 56% the length of the average book. It also has 52% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read It's Not about the Dog Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 52 minutes to read It's Not about the Dog aloud.

What Reading Level is It's Not about the Dog?

It's Not about the Dog 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.

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