How Long to Read The Idea of Home

How Long Does it Take to Read The Idea of Home?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 52 minutes to read The Idea of Home by Geraldine Brooks

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

Description

For the Boyer Lecture 2011, best-selling author and journalist Geraldine Brooks tackles the topic of The Idea of Home. Drawing on her personal experience from being an adolescent pen pal to being a foreign correspondent in some of the world's most dangerous countries to being a writer of several award winning books including the Pulitzer Prize winner, March, Brooks reflects on what it means to be both a global citizen and a novelist at home in an increasingly fractured world. The individual lectures are: Our Only Home, A Home on Bland Street, A Writer at Home and At Home in the World

How long is The Idea of Home?

The Idea of Home by Geraldine Brooks is 112 pages long, and a total of 28,224 words.

This makes it 38% the length of the average book. It also has 34% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Idea of Home Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 34 minutes to read The Idea of Home aloud.

What Reading Level is The Idea of Home?

The Idea of Home 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.

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