How Long to Read Lights Up the River

How Long Does it Take to Read Lights Up the River?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 50 minutes to read Lights Up the River by Jeanne Crews Taylor

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

Description

When Lorilee Gibbs moves to Memphis from Hernando, Mississippi, a small town twenty-two miles south, in the mid-fifties, she is grief-strickened and ill prepared for life on her own. Her young C.P.A. husband, Tim, has recently died of Hodgkin's disease which leaves her devastated. Suddenly thrust out of her comfort zone into a life of which she knows little, she wonders whether she will be able to fend for herself. Can she even hold a job? Memphis is a big city, progressive and moving - - - and Mama says that all big cities are likely to have an element of crime. Why, on her first day there the newspaper carries an article stating that one of her former sorority sisters' car was found abandoned on the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge. Did she jump or was she murdered and thrown overboard? It is anybody's guess, but it sure does make on think. And there was that nice white man who cam sown from theNorth to visit a colored friend, Pastor Mose of the Briley Church. Why has he suddenly disappeared and hasn't been heard from since? Did he leave on his own or has he met with mysterious demise? As baffling as it all is, Lorilee finds Memphis exciting; plenty of fashionable nightspots and shopping. Certainly, plenty of interesting men to vie for her attention, too, not to mention her new girlfriend, Jody Manning who lives next door. She's nice as ca be, but Jody has jproblems ofher own; some too intimate to discuss in mixed company. Sure won't tell Mama, though. She'd say, "Come on back home, baby. Hernando's the place for you." Mama's like that; always worrying. Opinionated, too. No, no point in tellin' he every little detail. She'd just worry her sweet head off!

How long is Lights Up the River?

Lights Up the River by Jeanne Crews Taylor is 350 pages long, and a total of 87,500 words.

This makes it 118% the length of the average book. It also has 107% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Lights Up the River Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 58 minutes to read Lights Up the River aloud.

What Reading Level is Lights Up the River?

Lights Up the River 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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