It takes the average reader 1 hour and 21 minutes to read The Owl Was a Baker’s Daughter by Gillian Cummings
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In The Owl Was a Baker’s Daughter, Gillian Cummings gives voice to her version of Ophelia, a young woman shattered by unbearable losses, and questions what makes a mind unwind till the outcome is deemed a suicide. Ophelia’s story, spoken quietly, lyrically, in prose poems whose tone is unapologetically feminine, is bracketed by short, whittled-down once-sonnets featuring other Ophelias, nameless “she” and “you” characters who address the question of madness and its aftermath. These women and girls want to know, what is God when the soul is at its nadir of suffering, and how can one have faith...
The Owl Was a Baker’s Daughter by Gillian Cummings is 79 pages long, and a total of 20,461 words.
This makes it 27% the length of the average book. It also has 25% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 51 minutes to read The Owl Was a Baker’s Daughter aloud.
The Owl Was a Baker’s Daughter is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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