How Long to Read Light Skin Gone to Waste

How Long Does it Take to Read Light Skin Gone to Waste?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 55 minutes to read Light Skin Gone to Waste by Toni Ann Johnson

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

Description

In 1962 Philip Arrington, a psychologist with a PhD from Yeshiva, arrives in the small, mostly blue-collar town of Monroe, New York, to rent a house for himself and his new wife. They’re Black, something the man about to show him the house doesn’t know. With that, we’re introduced to the Arringtons: Phil, Velma, his daughter Livia (from a previous marriage), and his youngest, Madeline, soon to be born. They’re cosmopolitan. Sophisticated. They’re also troubled, arrogant, and throughout the linked stories, falling apart. We follow the family as Phil begins his private practice, as Velma opens her antiques shop, and as they buy new homes, collect art, go skiing, and have overseas adventures. It seems they’ve made it in the white world. However, young Maddie, one of the only Black children in town, bears the brunt of the racism and the invisible barriers her family’s money, education, and determination can’t free her from. As she grows up and realizes her father is sleeping with white women, her mother is violently mercurial, and her half-sister resents her, Maddie must decide who she is despite, or perhaps precisely because of, her family.

How long is Light Skin Gone to Waste?

Light Skin Gone to Waste by Toni Ann Johnson is 233 pages long, and a total of 58,949 words.

This makes it 79% the length of the average book. It also has 72% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Light Skin Gone to Waste Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 22 minutes to read Light Skin Gone to Waste aloud.

What Reading Level is Light Skin Gone to Waste?

Light Skin Gone to Waste 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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