How Long to Read The Believer: Encounters with the Beginning, the End, and our Place in the Middle

How Long Does it Take to Read The Believer: Encounters with the Beginning, the End, and our Place in the Middle?

It takes the average reader 6 hours to read The Believer: Encounters with the Beginning, the End, and our Place in the Middle by Sarah Krasnostein

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

Description

A Best Book of the Month at The Philadelphia Inquirer “Deeply beautiful, and never simple.” —James Gleick, author of Time Travel: A History An unforgettable tour of the human condition that explores our universal need for belief to help us make sense of life, death, and everything in between. For Sarah Krasnostein it begins with a Mennonite choir performing on a subway platform, a fleeting moment of witness that sets her on a fascinating journey to discover why people need to believe in absolute truths and what happens when their beliefs crash into her own. Some of the people Krasnostein interviews believe in things many people do not: ghosts, UFOs, the literal creation of the universe in six days. Some believe in things most people would like to: dying with dignity and autonomy; facing up to our transgressions with truthfulness; living with integrity and compassion. By turns devastating and uplifting, and captured in snapshot-vivid detail, these six profiles of a death doula, a geologist who believes the world is six thousand years old, a lecturer in neurobiology who spends his weekends ghost hunting, the fiancée of a disappeared pilot and UFO enthusiasts, a woman incarcerated for killing her husband after suffering years of domestic violence, and Mennonite families in New York will leave you convinced that the most ordinary-seeming people are often the most remarkable and that deep and abiding commonalities can be found within the greatest differences. Vivid, unconventional, entertaining, and full of wonder, The Believer interweaves these stories with compassion and empathy, culminating in an unforgettable tour of the human condition that cuts to the core of who we are as people, and what we’re doing on this earth.

How long is The Believer: Encounters with the Beginning, the End, and our Place in the Middle?

The Believer: Encounters with the Beginning, the End, and our Place in the Middle by Sarah Krasnostein is 360 pages long, and a total of 90,000 words.

This makes it 121% the length of the average book. It also has 110% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Believer: Encounters with the Beginning, the End, and our Place in the Middle Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 11 minutes to read The Believer: Encounters with the Beginning, the End, and our Place in the Middle aloud.

What Reading Level is The Believer: Encounters with the Beginning, the End, and our Place in the Middle?

The Believer: Encounters with the Beginning, the End, and our Place in the Middle 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.

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

Where Can I Buy The Believer: Encounters with the Beginning, the End, and our Place in the Middle?

The Believer: Encounters with the Beginning, the End, and our Place in the Middle by Sarah Krasnostein is sold by several retailers and bookshops. However, Read Time works with Amazon to provide an easier way to purchase books.

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