How Long to Read The Poet's Wife

How Long Does it Take to Read The Poet's Wife?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 15 minutes to read The Poet's Wife by Mandy Sayer

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

Description

Even though we'd grown up in vastly different cultures and countries, we'd both known poverty, domestic violence and the expectation that neither one of us would ever amount to anything. That was probably what united us more than anything: our shared defiance of that prediction. She tap-danced on street corners for people's small change. He was an out-of-work university teacher, poet and Vietnam vet. She was white and from Australia. He was black and from the Deep South. They met on Mardi Gras, New Orleans in 1985. She was twenty-two. He was nearly forty. They fell in love. They married. What happened next will thrill, move, perplex and enrage you. It will break your heart. The Poet's Wife tells the story of the ten years that Mandy Sayer and Yusef Komunyakaa spent together, first as lovers, then as husband and wife. During that time he became a famous poet, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, the highest honour for poetry in the United States, and a university professor. At the same time, Mandy became a writer, winning the Vogel Prize for young Australian writers for her first novel, Mood Indigo. She is now an acclaimed author and journalist and has written two award- winning memoirs, Velocity and Dreamtime Alice. The Poet's Wife traces her life from the end of Dreamtime Alice, and again confirms Sayer's place as one of our most lyrical and most courageous writers - a memoirist like no other. Praise for Dreamtime Alice: 'A reminder of just how dynamic a memoir can be ... spellbinding.' - Interview 'A joy to read ... tells a story more vivid and unlikely than many modern works of fiction ... Sayer tells her story colourfully, humorously and without a skerrick of self-pity ... Trees would have died happy for once, if they'd known they would end up as the pages of such a special work of art.' - The Bulletin

How long is The Poet's Wife?

The Poet's Wife by Mandy Sayer is 432 pages long, and a total of 108,864 words.

This makes it 146% the length of the average book. It also has 133% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Poet's Wife Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 54 minutes to read The Poet's Wife aloud.

What Reading Level is The Poet's Wife?

The Poet's Wife 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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