It takes the average reader 4 hours and 44 minutes to read Lives We Leave Behind by Maxine Alterio
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In 1915 the troop ship Maheno leaves Wellington Harbour with seventy nurses on board. Nurses Addie Harrington and Meg Dutton are leaving their homes and families behind them to travel to the other side of the world. Their journey will take them to Port Said, Egypt; to the troopship, Marquette, which is shelled by the German Navy; and on to Northern France. When Meg meets British surgeon, Wallace Madison, she falls for him immediately and amidst the chaos of overloaded military hospitals they embark on an intense love affair. But Addie suspects that Wallace has much to hide and fears that the...
Lives We Leave Behind by Maxine Alterio is 282 pages long, and a total of 71,064 words.
This makes it 95% the length of the average book. It also has 87% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 28 minutes to read Lives We Leave Behind aloud.
Lives We Leave Behind 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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