How Long to Read Jade Is My Stone

How Long Does it Take to Read Jade Is My Stone?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 49 minutes to read Jade Is My Stone by Pat McGowan

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

Description

Shipton Kingsgate lives in Riverwood. At 40, he is an electrical engineer, is divorced, has one son and a drinking problem he wants gone. One day he attends a talk on jade. His serendipitous interest in the stone grows to become an obsession even as he must learn to discern true from false.Shipton's big day comes when he buys a major piece, a carved white jade nine-dragon ink brush holder. He visits Harbie Throwley, resident jade expert, who appraises the carving as worth $300,000.The government announces a registration system for jewellery and gemstones (jade included). People react in different ways: one new fad is for some take their 'sorry' stones overseas to their country of origin, casting them into rivers; others obtain illicit certificates declaring their jade to be serpentine, avoiding the need for registration.One Friday the news is that the registry details have been hacked and in the hands of a crime gang who are burglarising homes on the list.Shipton asks his son, Nathan, living in Penrith, to hide the stone while he arranges a fake copy of his work (marble).Nathan's mother, with whom Shipton has a bitter relationship, steals the stone from Nathan. Harbie Throwley at this time drowns in Sydney Harbour under mysterious circumstances (echoes of Five Bells)Nathan, wanting to redeem himself, recalls how Harbie had a carving similar to Shipton's hidden in her apartment which Nathan secretly filmed on his iphone. They enlist the help of Shipton's neighbour, Sylviane, a thief, to retrieve the jade.Jade has been a stone valued through the ages but one needs to know true jade from the false, a real hazard for people living in a place like SydneyTarget audience: readers of modern Australian fiction, readers of Asian-themed literature, lapidarists, jade collectors and connoisseurs, appreciators of innovative sentence writing.

How long is Jade Is My Stone?

Jade Is My Stone by Pat McGowan is 225 pages long, and a total of 57,375 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Jade Is My Stone Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 13 minutes to read Jade Is My Stone aloud.

What Reading Level is Jade Is My Stone?

Jade Is My Stone is suitable for students ages 12 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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