How Long to Read Rolling Down Black Stockings

How Long Does it Take to Read Rolling Down Black Stockings?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 24 minutes to read Rolling Down Black Stockings by Esther Royer Ayers

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

Description

Rolling Down Black Stockings is a personal recollection of Esther Royer Ayers's youth spent in a highly restrictive and confined religious community. Her story is as much a search for identity and a longing for a mother's love as it is a tale about a totalitarian culture that led to her departure from the Old Order Mennonite religion. This poignant story is told in three books: book 1 describes her youth in a farm community on the outskirts of Columbiana, Ohio; book 2 follows the struggles of Ayers as she tries to fit in with another culture after leaving the church when her family moves to Akron, Ohio; and book 3 discusses the history and cultural dynamics of the religion. Ayers recounts how the Old Order Mennonite Church came into existence. Her personal account begins when she was eight years old, watching as her mother took care of her sick father. With intel-ligence and insight, Ayers describes how her family coped with the burden of not having enough income, which meant that the children were expected to work instead of getting an education. her Mennonite community, Ayers relates her difficulties trying to fit in at the public school and how she and her siblings were required to fall classes so that they would be expelled. It concludes with reflections on what all this meant to her. A rare and moving memoir, Rolling Down Black Stockings is also a valuable piece of social history that will appeal to historians as well as those interested in separatist communities and women's studies.

How long is Rolling Down Black Stockings?

Rolling Down Black Stockings by Esther Royer Ayers is 198 pages long, and a total of 51,084 words.

This makes it 67% the length of the average book. It also has 62% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Rolling Down Black Stockings Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 39 minutes to read Rolling Down Black Stockings aloud.

What Reading Level is Rolling Down Black Stockings?

Rolling Down Black Stockings 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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