It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read The River by Tricia Wastvedt
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In the summer of 1958 two children are drowned while they play in a boat on a Devon river. Their parents, Isabel and Robert, are bound together in guilt and anger, and as years pass the tragedy becomes part of the invisible fabric of village life. Thirty years later Anna comes to the village, escaping city life and her own disappointments. She does not tell Isabel she is pregnant. For a time the women find comfort in each other, but the baby's arrival opens old wounds. As Anna uncovers the secrets of the past, she is inexorably drawn into the conflict in which Isabel and Robert have been...
The River by Tricia Wastvedt is 346 pages long, and a total of 88,576 words.
This makes it 117% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read The River aloud.
The River is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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