How Long to Read Shadows Hold Their Breath

How Long Does it Take to Read Shadows Hold Their Breath?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Shadows Hold Their Breath by Sherry Robinson

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

Description

Shadows Hold Their Breath takes place with the backdrop of the 1970s feminist movement and in the final years of the Vietnam War. It tells the story of Kat Hunter, a woman who decides that the only way she can understand her unresolved grief and discover who she is meant to be is to do the unthinkable-the unforgivable. In October 1979, six years after suffering the loss of Beth, her dear friend and sister-in-law, to enemy mortar fire near the village of Qu?ng Ngãi, Vietnam, Kat begins to question everything about her traditional life. In the middle of the night, she slips away from her home in Lexington, Kentucky, her husband, and her three young daughters and boards a Greyhound bus with no specific destination in mind. On the bus, she meets Molly, a young woman who reminds her of Beth. With nowhere else to go, Kat follows Molly and Molly's boyfriend, Jake, to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Once there, Kat guards the secret that she is married and has abandoned her children to the care of her husband. Kat's journey of self-discovery ultimately leads her down an unexpected path-but what is she willing to sacrifice for that journey?"Like [Henrik] Ibsen's A Doll's House and [Kate] Chopin's The Awakening, Shadows Hold Their Breath explores one woman's decision to leave her husband and children rather than crumble under the weight of patriarchal roles. Kat is also burdened by grief and an unspoken love that perhaps even in her nascent self-awareness is still taboo. The novel offers no easy answers, no pure absolution, just Kat's honest quest to accept-and live-her truth," according to Marie Manilla, author of The Patron Saint of Ugly (Mariner Books, 2014; winner of the 2014 Weatherford Award).

How long is Shadows Hold Their Breath?

Shadows Hold Their Breath by Sherry Robinson is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.

This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Shadows Hold Their Breath Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Shadows Hold Their Breath aloud.

What Reading Level is Shadows Hold Their Breath?

Shadows Hold Their Breath 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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