It takes the average reader 2 hours and 26 minutes to read Social Work: A Very Short Introduction by Sally Holland
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Social workers spend their time trying to ease social suffering. They encounter the extreme casualties of social inequality: the victims of poverty, illness, addiction, and abuse; they work with abusers and offenders; and operate in the space between the State and the poor or marginalized. Social work is replete with vivid human stories: the troubled teenage boy who cannot settle in a foster home; the frail older woman who is desperate for social contact; the community seeking a way to tackle gang violence; the sex offender leaving prison; and the disputed territory of international adoption....
Social Work: A Very Short Introduction by Sally Holland is 144 pages long, and a total of 36,576 words.
This makes it 49% the length of the average book. It also has 45% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 19 minutes to read Social Work: A Very Short Introduction aloud.
Social Work: A Very Short Introduction is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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