How Long to Read Lieutenant Sonia Vagliano

How Long Does it Take to Read Lieutenant Sonia Vagliano?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Lieutenant Sonia Vagliano by Sonia Vagliano Eloy

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

Description

Following the German occupation of France in 1940, French women moved deftly into the jobs and roles left by their male compatriots—even the role of soldier. In Lieutenant Sonia Vagliano: A Memoir of the World War II Refugee Crisis, Vagliano provides a gripping and compelling account of how her team of young French women was attached to a US First Army unit that arrived in Normandy two weeks after D-Day. From 1943 to 1945, Vagliano followed her unit from Normandy to Paris, through Belgium, and finally into Germany, where they cared for 41,000 total displaced persons and prisoners of war. Vagliano not only describes her experiences in rich detail—from caring for thousands of refugees in the worst possible conditions to defusing landmines and being kidnapped, shot at, torpedoed, and bombed—she also recounts the major events of the war in Europe, including the liberation of Paris, the Battle of the Bulge, and finally, the liberation of the concentration camps. Having spent five weeks at Buchenwald repatriating the 21,000 remaining prisoners, she is a unique witness to the transition period between the camp's liberation and its transferal to Russian oversight in July 1945. She saw firsthand "to what extremes the human imagination can go in its search for the most cruel methods of torture." Striking a balance between daredevil escapades and the sobering reality of a wartime account, this book won the Prix Saint Simon for best memoir under its original title, Les demoiselles de Gaulle. Now, translator and editor Martha Noel Evans brings the young French lieutenant's story to readers in English for the first time.

How long is Lieutenant Sonia Vagliano?

Lieutenant Sonia Vagliano by Sonia Vagliano Eloy is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.

This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Lieutenant Sonia Vagliano Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Lieutenant Sonia Vagliano aloud.

What Reading Level is Lieutenant Sonia Vagliano?

Lieutenant Sonia Vagliano 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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