How Long to Read The Garden of Shadows

How Long Does it Take to Read The Garden of Shadows?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 16 minutes to read The Garden of Shadows by Halina Borel

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

Description

This is the true story of an adolescent girl who grows up in a small town in south-eastern Poland during the 1930s, where she finds herself in 1939, when Nazi Germany launches an attack on Poland and the country falls prey to the invaders. She remains there living in different places and with different people, until 1948, when she emigrates from Poland. Many events unfold around her and in her narrative she portrays the reality of that day-to-day struggle to elude death and awareness that it is always there, just around the corner. And yet the book casts a positive and finally optimistic view on humanity - there is always someone compassionate willing to risk his or her life to save the young woman. That is why, paradoxically, those harrowing circumstances do not destroy her psychologically but provide a glimpse into the multitude of human responses. She is being perpetually saved, as though by some unexplainable prompting of destiny. The purpose of writing this story is to portray how a young, naive adolescent is affected by and endures the impact of this very unusual and dramatic period in history, assuming that a picture of one individual's ordeal may have a stronger impact on a reader than the recounting of similar tribulations undergone by masses. Halina Borel, MD was born in Poland in 1927 and left Poland in 1948. She graduated from Medical School in Geneva, Switzerland in 1957, lived in the USA, then returned to Geneva in 1990.

How long is The Garden of Shadows?

The Garden of Shadows by Halina Borel is 134 pages long, and a total of 34,036 words.

This makes it 45% the length of the average book. It also has 42% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Garden of Shadows Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 5 minutes to read The Garden of Shadows aloud.

What Reading Level is The Garden of Shadows?

The Garden of Shadows 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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