How Long to Read The Garden of What Was and Was Not

How Long Does it Take to Read The Garden of What Was and Was Not?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 13 minutes to read The Garden of What Was and Was Not by Peter McCarthy

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

Description

Imagine your dreams are shattered when the words, "Our beloved President John F. Kennedy is dead," come crackling over a PA system in your boyhood classroom. And imagine nearly forty years later, you feel your Manhattan building wobble beneath your feet as a jet slams into the World Trade Center, just a few short blocks away. The whole world changes with such singular, immortal events. In his fictional autobiography, Peter McCarthy looks back through the decades that have brought us to the twenty-first century. He takes us on a cultural journey beginning with the turbulent '60s, when he was a high-school dropout, on his own by age seventeen and embellishing his resume to land a job. Living a seemingly serpentine life, McCarthy picked his way through a series of cultural reinventions: the emergence of Rock and Roll, the Vietnam catastrophe, the effervescent rebellion of the Civil Rights movement, the disillusionment of Watergate, the dawn of the Internet, and ultimately the disbelief of September 11. Through the lens of his relationships, peace activism, and employment, Peter realizes that being distanced from the past is just an illusion, that there's a true continuum running through his-and everyone's-life.

How long is The Garden of What Was and Was Not?

The Garden of What Was and Was Not by Peter McCarthy is 306 pages long, and a total of 78,336 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 96% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Garden of What Was and Was Not Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 8 minutes to read The Garden of What Was and Was Not aloud.

What Reading Level is The Garden of What Was and Was Not?

The Garden of What Was and Was Not 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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