It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read The Man Who Wore His Wife's Sarong by Suchen Christine Lim
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A mother finds out her son is gay; a daughter finds out her two mothers are lesbians; a niece stumbles upon the body of her dead uncle dressed in his wife’s sarong kebaya; and an old man’s nascent feelings for a Filipino maid lead him back to his suppressed art. "The Man Who Wore His Wife’s Sarong", Suchen Christine Lim’s short stories of the unsung, unsaid and uncelebrated in Singapore, delve beneath the sunlit island’s prosperity and coded decorum. Her characters chip away prejudice and sculpt it into acceptance of the other. Previously published in part as "The Lies that Build a Marriage"...
The Man Who Wore His Wife's Sarong by Suchen Christine Lim is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.
This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read The Man Who Wore His Wife's Sarong aloud.
The Man Who Wore His Wife's Sarong is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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