How Long to Read Such Kindness: A Novel

How Long Does it Take to Read Such Kindness: A Novel?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 32 minutes to read Such Kindness: A Novel by Andre Dubus III

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

Description

A working-class white man takes a terrible fall. Tom Lowe’s identity and his pride are invested in the work he does with his back and his hands. He designed and built his family’s dream home, working extra hours to pay off the adjustable rate mortgage he took on the property, convinced he is making every sacrifice for the happiness of his wife and son. Until, in a moment of fatigued inattention, shingling a roof in too-bright sunlight, he falls. In constant pain, addicted to painkillers at the cost of his relationships with his wife and son, Tom slowly comes to realize that he can never work again. If he is not a working man, who is he? He is not, he believes, the kind of person who lives in subsidized housing, though that is where he has ended up. He is not the kind of person who hatches a scheme to commit convenience-check fraud, together with neighbors he considers lowlifes, until he finds himself stealing his banker’s trash. Who is Tom Lowe, and who will he become? Can he find a way to reunite hands and heart, mind and spirit, to be once again a giver and not just a taker, to forge a self-acceptance deeper than pride? Andre Dubus III’s soulful cast includes Trina, the struggling mom next door who sells her own plasma to get by; Dawn, the tough-talking owner of the local hairdressing salon; Jamie, a well-meaning pothead college student ready to stick it to “the man”; and a mix of strangers and neighbors who will never know the role they played in changing a life. To one man’s painful moral journey, Dubus brings compassion with an edge of dark absurdity, forging a novel as absorbing as it is profound.

How long is Such Kindness: A Novel?

Such Kindness: A Novel by Andre Dubus III is 271 pages long, and a total of 68,021 words.

This makes it 91% the length of the average book. It also has 83% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Such Kindness: A Novel Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 11 minutes to read Such Kindness: A Novel aloud.

What Reading Level is Such Kindness: A Novel?

Such Kindness: A Novel 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.

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