It takes the average reader 4 hours and 24 minutes to read The Book of Sarahs by Catherine E. McKinley
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Suffused with longing, this rueful, passionate memoir about an adopted woman's search for her birth parents explores themes of race and family. Catherine McKinley was one of only a few thousand African American and bi-racial children adopted by white couples in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Raised in a small, white New England town, she had a persistent longing for the more diverse community that would better understand and encompass her. In an era shaped by the rhetoric of Black Power and Black Pride, McKinley's coming of age entailed her own detailed investigation into her birth history,...
The Book of Sarahs by Catherine E. McKinley is 262 pages long, and a total of 66,024 words.
This makes it 88% the length of the average book. It also has 81% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours to read The Book of Sarahs aloud.
The Book of Sarahs is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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