It takes the average reader 4 hours and 1 minute to read Spare Parts by Diana B. Roberts
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Spare Parts traces a young woman's journey from privileged debutante to committed activist in the late 1960s. Lacey Pierce, recently returned from the Peace Corps, falls in love with young Iowa lawyer, Doug Pierce. Doug has been sentenced to prison for resisting the local draft during the Vietnam War. While waiting for the appeal on the case, Lacey and Doug start a lively commune. Doug wins his appeal and is assigned as civilian counsel for GIs in the military in Japan. In Japan, differences erode the couple's relationship. Returning to the state of New York, the couple enters therapy but the marriage fails. After a lot of dating, Lacey goes home to Boston for a friend's wedding. She visits her father's grave, aware now that her male adventures have been false starts in search of him. She returns to New York, ready to start a new life alone.
Spare Parts by Diana B. Roberts is 241 pages long, and a total of 60,491 words.
This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 30 minutes to read Spare Parts aloud.
Spare Parts is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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