It takes the average reader 6 hours and 2 minutes to read The Hand of Compassion by Kristen R. Monroe
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Through moving interviews with five ordinary people who rescued Jews during the Holocaust, Kristen Monroe casts new light on a question at the heart of ethics: Why do people risk their lives for strangers and what drives such moral choice? Monroe's analysis points not to traditional explanations--such as religion or reason--but to identity. The rescuers' perceptions of themselves in relation to others made their extraordinary acts spontaneous and left the rescuers no choice but to act. To turn away Jews was, for them, literally unimaginable. In the words of one German Czech rescuer, "The hand...
The Hand of Compassion by Kristen R. Monroe is 361 pages long, and a total of 90,611 words.
This makes it 122% the length of the average book. It also has 111% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 15 minutes to read The Hand of Compassion aloud.
The Hand of Compassion is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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