It takes the average reader 7 hours and 2 minutes to read Karoo Plainsong by Barbara Mutch
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This vivid novel, set against a backdrop of apartheid, tells the story of Ada, an illegitimate, unschooled but brilliant pianist who grows up in service to a family of Irish immigrants. As apartheid tightens its grip, she is seduced into an illegal relationship and bears a mixed race child. Forced to flee from the only home she knows, she must carve a life for herself, her daughter and her music in the bleak township that squats on the edge of the Karoo. Torn between love for her surrogate family and outrage at apartheid's sins, she embarks on a dangerous double life as friend - and potential...
Karoo Plainsong by Barbara Mutch is 421 pages long, and a total of 105,671 words.
This makes it 142% the length of the average book. It also has 129% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 37 minutes to read Karoo Plainsong aloud.
Karoo Plainsong 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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