How Long to Read Just the Usual Work

How Long Does it Take to Read Just the Usual Work?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 51 minutes to read Just the Usual Work by Michael Boudreau

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

Description

Born in 1907, Ida Martin spent most of her life in Saint John, New Brunswick. She married a longshoreman named Allan Robert Martin in 1932 and they had one daughter. In the years that followed, Ida had a busy and varied life, full of work, caring for her family, and living her faith. Through it all, Ida found time to keep a daily diary from 1945 to 1992. Bonnie Huskins is Ida Martin's granddaughter. In Just the Usual Work, she and Michael Boudreau draw on Ida's diaries, family memories, and the history of Atlantic Canada to shed light on the everyday life of a working-class housewife during a period of significant social and political change. They examine Ida's observations about the struggles of making ends meet on a longshoreman's salary, the labour confrontations at the Port of Saint John, the role of automobiles in the family economy, the importance of family, faith, and political engagement, and her experience of widowhood and growing old. Ida Martin's diaries were often read by members of her family to reconstruct and relive their shared histories. By sharing the pages of her diaries with a wider audience, Just the Usual Work keeps Ida's memory alive while continuing her abiding commitment to documenting the past and finding meaning in the rhythms of everyday life.

How long is Just the Usual Work?

Just the Usual Work by Michael Boudreau is 171 pages long, and a total of 42,921 words.

This makes it 58% the length of the average book. It also has 52% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Just the Usual Work Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 54 minutes to read Just the Usual Work aloud.

What Reading Level is Just the Usual Work?

Just the Usual Work 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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