How Long to Read Staring at Lakes: A Memoir of Love, Melancholy and Magical Thinking

How Long Does it Take to Read Staring at Lakes: A Memoir of Love, Melancholy and Magical Thinking?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 31 minutes to read Staring at Lakes: A Memoir of Love, Melancholy and Magical Thinking by Michael Harding

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

Description

Throughout his life, Michael Harding has lived with a sense of emptiness - through faith, marriage, fatherhood and his career as a writer, a pervading sense of darkness and unease remained. When he was fifty-eight, he became physically ill and found himself in the grip of a deep melancholy. Here, in this beautifully written memoir, he talks with openness and honesty about his journey: leaving the priesthood when he was in his thirties, settling in Leitrim with his artist wife, the depression that eventually overwhelmed him, and how, ultimately, he found a way out of the dark, by accepting the fragility of love and the importance of now. Staring at Lakes started out as a book about depression. And then became a story about growing old, the essence of love and marriage - and sitting in cars, staring at lakes.

How long is Staring at Lakes: A Memoir of Love, Melancholy and Magical Thinking?

Staring at Lakes: A Memoir of Love, Melancholy and Magical Thinking by Michael Harding is 151 pages long, and a total of 37,901 words.

This makes it 51% the length of the average book. It also has 46% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Staring at Lakes: A Memoir of Love, Melancholy and Magical Thinking Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 27 minutes to read Staring at Lakes: A Memoir of Love, Melancholy and Magical Thinking aloud.

What Reading Level is Staring at Lakes: A Memoir of Love, Melancholy and Magical Thinking?

Staring at Lakes: A Memoir of Love, Melancholy and Magical Thinking 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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