How Long to Read Leaving Iowa

How Long Does it Take to Read Leaving Iowa?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Leaving Iowa by Donald L Robinson

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

Description

In a story that is simultaneously soldier's diary, legal thriller, psychological study, and historical novel, Don Robinson gives us a novel that is right for our time. -- J. Michael Laidlaw from the Foreword -An upstart coffee shop with a revolutionary ambiance sucks in doughnut-loving locals and long-haired collegians alike.-A young boy engages in a merciless slaying of women and children, then disappears into the jungles of Viet Nam, prompting his neglectful father to embark on a dangerous and illegal quest.-A cowardly local disc jockey breaks out of his prison of self-preservation to lead an exodus.-Mothers foolishly sacrifice their sons to warmongers and then cruelly seek to sacrifice other mothers' sons in order to preserve their misguided sense of patriotic honor.-A sleazy county attorney in league with a power-grasping judge targets a young, non-subservient lawyer doing his best to defend an unjustly accused man.-A strip club exotic dancer exemplifies the enduring value of sexual commitment.Tom Land, recent college grad with a useless degree in history, finds a measure of 1969-flavored contentment as a small-town disc jockey spinning vinyl and philosophizing at the downstairs coffee shop. Through a quirky combination of a couple's lunch hour tryst and bureaucratic oversight, Tom becomes immune to the military draft. But when he hears a gruesome tale of pure evil and a bomb exploding at the back door of the bank flings a beheaded body onto the alley asphalt, Tom is forced to come to grips with his cowardice, and is pushed to find a sufferable stance to the lunacy of the war. As the story's setting shifts among the war in Vietnam, a racist and corrupt legal establishment, the Woodstock music festival, and potential sanctuary in Canada, Tom gathers an ensemble of characters who become key players in a quest involving understanding, unraveling, renewal, integrity, and personal worth.Through Tom's pilgrimage in Leaving Iowa, the viability of the human experiment is called into question. Is human romantic love enough to save us, as one of the characters concludes? Through crisp, fast-paced narrative and dialogue, the novel leads the reader to see that much of today's issues and chaos sprang out of an earlier time. Had we done better then, would we be doing better now? The true-to-life multi-layered characters grasp and inspire us as they tell a cautionary tale of hope and despair.

How long is Leaving Iowa?

Leaving Iowa by Donald L Robinson is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Leaving Iowa Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read Leaving Iowa aloud.

What Reading Level is Leaving Iowa?

Leaving Iowa 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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