How Long to Read Painting Light in Polio’s Shadow: One Artist’s Struggles

How Long Does it Take to Read Painting Light in Polio’s Shadow: One Artist’s Struggles?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 30 minutes to read Painting Light in Polio’s Shadow: One Artist’s Struggles by Sharon White Richardson

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

Description

Landscape painter Sharon Richardson survived polio, a viral illness that damages or destroys the nerves essential for moving muscles. With no vaccines available, epidemics occurred unchecked. Also known as infantile paralysis, polio left youngsters crippled and dependent on leg braces, crutches, wheelchairs, and in some cases, iron lungs to breathe for them. Richardson was diagnosed with polio at the age of eight weeks in 1946. In a borrowed car, her parents drove their seriously ill infant, writhing with painful muscle spasms, a hundred miles to Mercy Hospital in Vicksburg, Mississippi....

How long is Painting Light in Polio’s Shadow: One Artist’s Struggles?

Painting Light in Polio’s Shadow: One Artist’s Struggles by Sharon White Richardson is 270 pages long, and a total of 67,500 words.

This makes it 91% the length of the average book. It also has 82% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Painting Light in Polio’s Shadow: One Artist’s Struggles Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 8 minutes to read Painting Light in Polio’s Shadow: One Artist’s Struggles aloud.

What Reading Level is Painting Light in Polio’s Shadow: One Artist’s Struggles?

Painting Light in Polio’s Shadow: One Artist’s Struggles is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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