It takes the average reader 5 hours and 11 minutes to read Tales of an Orphan by D. P. Curran
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
TALES OF AN ORPHAN in 1960's AMERICA This book is set amongst the backdrop of race riots, the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, the Vietnam War, bikers, hippies, and the black curtain of the church. In March of 1963, a thirty-seven-year-old mother dies, leaving behind eight children. While her husband, raised himself in an orphanage, a war hero in WWII, a genius, a con man, and an alcoholic, deserts his children. The children are separated, scattered to the streets, foster homes, and orphanages. The cycle repeats itself - violence, abuse, starvation, white poverty, crime, and all that goes with it.This book contains stories from the youngest of the "Unlucky Eight" from his earliest recollections as a small child. Sit back and see through the child's eyes what true terror is in the charge of his mother's sister. Witness the hardened product destined for cold, calculated revenge and destruction. Someone has to pay...NEXT UP - TALES OF AN ORPHAN in 1970's AMERICA.
Tales of an Orphan by D. P. Curran is 305 pages long, and a total of 77,775 words.
This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 95% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 5 minutes to read Tales of an Orphan aloud.
Tales of an Orphan 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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