It takes the average reader 4 hours and 14 minutes to read The Gift of Looking Closely by Al Brookes
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Claire believes she was manipulated, when she was sixteen, into helping her mother commit suicide. Now in her late twenties, she negotiates a complex reality. 'I have strange thoughts; I see things I shouldn't; my feelings bend me double.' She uses her dead mother's letters as a kind of oracle, her father's dictionary to help her make sense of things - and goes on a shoplifting spree when things become unbearable. So far, she has managed to get by on her own. But now Claire needs someone. 'If just one person really knew me, I think it would be enough.' And she wants that person to be you. She...
The Gift of Looking Closely by Al Brookes is 252 pages long, and a total of 63,504 words.
This makes it 85% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 47 minutes to read The Gift of Looking Closely aloud.
The Gift of Looking Closely is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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