How Long to Read The Art of Departure

How Long Does it Take to Read The Art of Departure?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 20 minutes to read The Art of Departure by Maureen Sherbondy

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

Description

Power. Pow! Her! These poems will punch you in the heart, grab your mind mightily. Sherbondy wears Wonder Woman boots and they can kick you alive with love, loss and just plain living. She's 'touching fire to land once kissed and tended,' 'a scarecrow swallowing a wallow of stars.' She's iron fisted, heavy hammered and she knows her name. You will too. Stunning work from a poet whose praises cannot help but be sung. -Ruth Moose, Author of Doing It at the Dixie Dew From a long marriage that crashes and burns to a humorous look at first date disasters after divorce, the bold poems in The Art of Departure are smart and sassy with a fierce beauty that transforms loss and longing. 'What was there before departure?' Maureen Sherbondy asks in the book's first poem 'Meditation on Leaving.' The poems that follow do not so much attempt to answer that question, as to confront and come to a reckoning with loss, whether that loss is a baby bird that fell from the nest, the death of a father, or the end of a marriage. '...jump / and hope to fly,' she writes in the poem 'Fly.' Yes, indeed, these poems fly straight to the heart of anyone who has experienced loss. -Pat Riviere-Seel, Author of Nothing Below But Air When we think of the word art we might first think of a painting, a poem, or a musical score. But art is also a branch of learning. A skill. In The Art of Departure, Maureen Sherbondy uses her art, as a poet, to show us there is an art to leaving; to surviving deaths, divorce, and the redefinition of the self. -Jessie Carty, Author of Practicing Disaster

How long is The Art of Departure?

The Art of Departure by Maureen Sherbondy is 78 pages long, and a total of 20,124 words.

This makes it 26% the length of the average book. It also has 25% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Art of Departure Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 49 minutes to read The Art of Departure aloud.

What Reading Level is The Art of Departure?

The Art of Departure 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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