How Long to Read Our Roots Are Deep with Passion

How Long Does it Take to Read Our Roots Are Deep with Passion?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 14 minutes to read Our Roots Are Deep with Passion by Lee Gutkind

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

Description

Thoughtful, poignant, and hilarious personal essays collected by the editors of Creative Nonfiction explore the meanings of Italian-American identity. In the twenty-one nonfiction narratives collected in Our Roots Are Deep with Passion, established and emerging writers with family ties to Italy reflect on the ways that their lives have been accented with uniquely Italian-American flavors. Several of the essays breathe new life into the time-honored theme of family—Louise DeSalvo honors her grandfather, nick-named “the drunk” because he spent his life of hard work drinking wine instead of water, and James Vescovi portrays the close of the stormy relationship between his father and grandmother. Other stories tackle the mystical side of Italian-American life, like Laura Valeri’s account of a summer vacation séance in Sardinia that goes eerily awry. And elsewhere, Stephanie Susnjara charts the history of garlic in society and her kitchen, and Gina Barreca offers an unabashed confession of congenital jealousy. Lee Gutkind, founding editor of Creative Nonfiction, the nation’s premier nonfiction prose literary journal, and Joanna Clapps Herman have brought together artful essays by novelists, scholars, critics, and memoirists from across the country. The pieces are as varied as their authors, but all explore the unique intersections of language, tradition, cuisine, and culture that characterize the diverse experience of Americans of Italian heritage.

How long is Our Roots Are Deep with Passion?

Our Roots Are Deep with Passion by Lee Gutkind is 312 pages long, and a total of 78,624 words.

This makes it 105% the length of the average book. It also has 96% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Our Roots Are Deep with Passion Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 9 minutes to read Our Roots Are Deep with Passion aloud.

What Reading Level is Our Roots Are Deep with Passion?

Our Roots Are Deep with Passion 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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