It takes the average reader 3 hours to read Silences, or a Woman's Life by Marie Chaix
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A woman falls into a coma. Perhaps she's going to die. Becoming the sleeper's shadow, the woman's daughter will accompany her mother through six weeks of agony, bearing witness to the prolonged death imposed upon her by the monstrous machine of modern medicine. During this final voyage through the fog, the narrator attempts to recover the vivacious woman she knew before this illness: the mad lover, the romantic spouse, the musician who sacrificed her dreams to the reality of life with her husband. By assembling her memories of the dying woman, gluing together scraps of recollections like...
Silences, or a Woman's Life by Marie Chaix is 180 pages long, and a total of 45,000 words.
This makes it 61% the length of the average book. It also has 55% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 5 minutes to read Silences, or a Woman's Life aloud.
Silences, or a Woman's Life 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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