How Long to Read Running Is a Kind of Dreaming

How Long Does it Take to Read Running Is a Kind of Dreaming?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 51 minutes to read Running Is a Kind of Dreaming by J. M. Thompson

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

Description

A powerful, breathtaking memoir about a young man's descent into madness, and how running saved his life. “Voluntary or involuntary?” asked the nurse who admitted J. M. Thompson to a San Francisco psychiatric hospital in January 2005. Following years of depression, ineffective medication, and therapy that went nowhere, Thompson feared he was falling into an inescapable darkness. He decided that death was his only exit route from the torture of his mind. After a suicide attempt, he spent weeks confined on the psych ward, feeling scared, alone, and trapped. One afternoon during an exercise break he experienced a sudden urge. “Run, I thought. Run before it’s too late and you’re stuck down there. Right now. Run. ” The impulse that starts with sprints across a hospital rooftop turns into all night runs in the mountains. Through motion and immersion in the beauty of nature, Thompson finds a way out of the hell of depression and drug addiction. Step by step, mile by mile, his body and mind heal. In this lyrical, vulnerable, and breathtaking memoir, J. M. Thompson, now a successful psychologist, retraces the path that led him from despair to wellness, detailing the chilling childhood trauma that caused his depression, and the unorthodox treatment that saved him. Running Is a Kind of Dreaming is a luminous literary testament to the universal human capacity to recover from our deepest wounds.

How long is Running Is a Kind of Dreaming?

Running Is a Kind of Dreaming by J. M. Thompson is 339 pages long, and a total of 87,801 words.

This makes it 114% the length of the average book. It also has 107% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Running Is a Kind of Dreaming Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 59 minutes to read Running Is a Kind of Dreaming aloud.

What Reading Level is Running Is a Kind of Dreaming?

Running Is a Kind of Dreaming 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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