How Long to Read Song of Memories

How Long Does it Take to Read Song of Memories?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 44 minutes to read Song of Memories by Roberta Grieve

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

Description

Returning to her Moscow apartment one bitterly cold day in 1937, Natalie Fisher finds the place trashed and her family gone. Like so many in Stalin's Russia they have been arrested and probably killed. She has fallen in love with her second cousin Stephan, a talented violinist. She has just discovered she is pregnant and in despair goes to the British Embassy for help. There she meets diplomat, Lawrence Sinclair, who proposes marriage as the only way to get safely back to England. She accepts, convinced that Stephan is dead and worried for the future of her baby. Back in England she tries to be a good wife to the much older and rather old-fashioned Lawrence and mother to daughter Stephanie. But after being injured when they are trapped in a bombed house, Lawrence discovers that he is not Stephanie's father and he and Natalie become estranged. Over the years, Natalie finds consolation in her garden, her daughter and her piano, often playing an old Russian folk song - her 'song of memories'. Stephanie inherits Stephan's gift for music and dreams of being a concert pianist. Meanwhile Stephan has survived incarceration in the Siberian gulag, escaping to America. After the war, he returns to England and, unable to continue his career as a violinist due to his sufferings in Siberia, he becomes a music teacher and composer. Each holds on to the dream that the other has survived and that one day they will be reunited.

How long is Song of Memories?

Song of Memories by Roberta Grieve is 282 pages long, and a total of 71,064 words.

This makes it 95% the length of the average book. It also has 87% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Song of Memories Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 28 minutes to read Song of Memories aloud.

What Reading Level is Song of Memories?

Song of Memories 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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