It takes the average reader 2 hours and 33 minutes to read Objects in Mirror Are Closer than They Appear by Pauline A.G. Johansen
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Capturing powerful memories of growing up in a large, remarkable, and sometimes surreal household, Objects in Mirror Are Closer than They Appear provides a glimpse of what life was like for author Pauline A.G. Johansen, one of twelve children in an immigrant, Catholic family. In this memoir, Johansen presents a collection of stories gleaned from living in a large family, where nothing is sacred and the unusual is seen as typical. The story “Getting to Know the Virgin” describes growing up Catholic in the 1950s and ’60s. “Once Upon a Time” tells how house fires became a way of life. “Poor is a Four-Letter World” shares tales of camping trips that went very wrong. Both heartbreaking and humorous, the stories in Objects in Mirror Are Closer than They Appear are remembrances of events that occurred, an attempt to make sense of why they happened, and a family’s responses to both the tragic and the mundane. It explores the past with a view to answering the question, “How did I get here?” It also demonstrates there are many ways to be family.
Objects in Mirror Are Closer than They Appear by Pauline A.G. Johansen is 152 pages long, and a total of 38,304 words.
This makes it 51% the length of the average book. It also has 47% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 29 minutes to read Objects in Mirror Are Closer than They Appear aloud.
Objects in Mirror Are Closer than They Appear is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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