How Long to Read The Last Farewell

How Long Does it Take to Read The Last Farewell?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read The Last Farewell by Edmund Burke O'Connell

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

Description

The Last Farewell, a posthumous wartime memoir set against the rich, colorful landscape of historic Florence and Northern Italy, tenderly recalls one soldier's love story through the viewfinder of a still and motion picture camera during the Italian campaign of the Second World War. An unlikely luncheon date during a lull in the summer 1944 liberation of Florence leads Edmund Burke O'Connell, an Army motion picture photographer with the 196th Signal Photo Company to meet an attractive English speaking Florentine, Tina Calamai. Their friendship steadily blossoms into love as her family's 15th century Medici villa, the Villa Calamai, becomes his wartime base of operations. The end of the war in Europe soon draws near and Burke and his unit prepare for redeployment to the United States where they will film the remaining months of the Pacific War. Burke faces immediate separation from his beloved Tina, and is challenged to determine how he can return to the woman he now truly loves. O'Connell does return to Italy at war's end to resume his relationship with Tina, marry her, and remain at their Villa Calamai home until her death in 1972. His return to the U.S. in 1972 for the first time in 25 years to Santa Monica, California, soon leads to a whirlwind romance, a new second marriage, and introduces co-author Julie Whitman Jones, then 15, to her "Irish pop" who would leave her with a lifetime of cherished memories. The Last Farewell balances bittersweet recollections of close calls in combat, Divine intervention, and the grim realities of combat against the unique opportunities of American military photographers to capture and experience the rich cultural history of Italy during wartime.Note: The authors continue to look for surviving veterans of the 196th Signal Photo Company.

How long is The Last Farewell?

The Last Farewell by Edmund Burke O'Connell is 275 pages long, and a total of 70,125 words.

This makes it 93% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Last Farewell Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 23 minutes to read The Last Farewell aloud.

What Reading Level is The Last Farewell?

The Last Farewell 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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