It takes the average reader 12 hours and 30 minutes to read The Jade Lily (16pt Large Print Edition) by Kirsty Manning
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Praise for The Midsummer Garden'This is a rich, sensual, and evocative novel, fragrant with the smell of crushed herbs and flowers, and haunted by the high cost that women must sometimes pay to find both love and their vocation.' Kate Forsyth'...compelling, passionate and admirable.' Australian Women's WeeklyIn 2016, fleeing London with a broken heart, Alexandra returns to Australia to be with her grandparents, Romy and Wilhelm, when her grandfather is dying. With only weeks left together, her grandparents begin to reveal the family mysteries they have kept secret for more than half a century. In 1939, two young girls meet in Shanghai, the 'Paris of the East': beautiful local Li and Viennese refugee Romy form a fierce friendship. But the deepening shadows of World War Two fall over the women as Li and Romy slip between the city's glamorous French Concession and the desperate Shanghai Ghetto. Eventually, they are forced separate ways as Romy doubts Li's loyalties.After Wilhelm dies, Alexandra flies to Shanghai, determined to trace her grandparents' past. As she peels back the layers of their hidden lives, she begins to question everything she knows about her family - and herself. A gorgeously told tale of female friendship, the price of love, and the power of hardship and courage to shape us all.
The Jade Lily (16pt Large Print Edition) by Kirsty Manning is 750 pages long, and a total of 187,500 words.
This makes it 253% the length of the average book. It also has 229% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 17 hours and 4 minutes to read The Jade Lily (16pt Large Print Edition) aloud.
The Jade Lily (16pt Large Print Edition) 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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