How Long to Read Shades of Love

How Long Does it Take to Read Shades of Love?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 14 minutes to read Shades of Love by Jacques Antoine Dorcely

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

Description

Jacques Antoine Dorcely has sensitively and evocatively portrayed the tribulations of life of the common folk who com-prise the clear majority of Haiti's teeming millions. The intertwined stories comprising a circle of life begin and end with two young boys and the mother of one of them, a widow striving to maintain her integrity while surviving in Aristide era Haiti. While she will eventually manage to join the stream of boat people risking their lives in the elusive quest for a better life in the United States, the other characters are doomed to eke out existences within the unjust order of their own country. Much about Haiti's culture and society is presented in the form of their memories, both real, in fantasies, and in fantastic dreams. The interior town of Pilate provides a unifying thread.Uncle Sonson furnishes vivid memories of the U.S. occupation at the time of World War I and the heritage of marriages between Black American soldiers and Hai-tian women. He also recounts the saga of Haiti's war of independence at the turn from the 18th into the 19th Century. A return to the present is furnished through the super-natural tales told by the elders to the children as a key part of their education. After an interlude concerning contemporary violence perpetrated by politically connected thugs, the reader is treated to the contrast between life in the interior town of Pilate, not coincidentally the author's birthplace, and the indomitable widowed mother's sacrifices to amass the modest, but to her almost beyond reach, sum necessary to get passage on the fragile and overcrowded craft that might carry them to the land of hope -or to a watery death in the Gulf of Mexico. This moving story, told with grace and seasoned with Haitian folklore, cannot fail to touch the reader's heart while perhaps leaving a scar on his soul. Sara Graff

How long is Shades of Love?

Shades of Love by Jacques Antoine Dorcely is 188 pages long, and a total of 48,504 words.

This makes it 63% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Shades of Love Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 25 minutes to read Shades of Love aloud.

What Reading Level is Shades of Love?

Shades of Love is suitable for students ages 10 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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