How Long to Read The Earth and Its Sorrows

By Robert Crooke

How Long Does it Take to Read The Earth and Its Sorrows?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 21 minutes to read The Earth and Its Sorrows by Robert Crooke

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

Description

In this follow up to his critically acclaimed novel, Sunrise, Robert Crooke tells the heart-breaking story of a man unmoored by losses. The Earth and Its Sorrows is a novel about spiritual reassessment in the wake of tragedy. Two years after the death of his son, Paul, who was killed in a car accident, Ted Devaney visits an old Hudson Valley property he plans to sell. Overcome by memories, especially by a strong sense of Pauls presence, he defers the sale and decides to stay a few days, confusing and frightening his wife, Diana, and their daughter, Beth. Days become weeks, as old friends, neighbors, and estranged family members slowly gather around him. He meets Elena, his high school girlfriend, who has made her life in the place he left years before. His brother, Tom, arrives with bittersweet memories of his own about their boyhood summers in the valley. Slowly, Ted senses secrets and doubts plaguing his brother, his old girlfriendall of the people he meets in the valley, where his forgotten past lingers. And as he realizes the effect of his life on theirs, and theirs on his, he understands his fatesome questions the mind answers. Others, only the heart comprehends.

How long is The Earth and Its Sorrows?

The Earth and Its Sorrows by Robert Crooke is 201 pages long, and a total of 50,451 words.

This makes it 68% the length of the average book. It also has 62% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Earth and Its Sorrows Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 35 minutes to read The Earth and Its Sorrows aloud.

What Reading Level is The Earth and Its Sorrows?

The Earth and Its Sorrows 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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