It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read The Turk and My Mother: A Novel by Mary Helen Stefaniak
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
"Evokes a loving nostalgia for a closeness now lost."—Chicago Tribune Every family has its secrets. But toward the end of his life, George decides to tell his daughter the story of his mother and the Turk. This initial revelation leads to a narrative tour de force that follows a family through four generations and around the world—through love, marriage, and betrayal, through illness, death, and war. Mary Helen Stefaniak's charming and flawed characters and the warmth of her prose will stay with readers long after they close the book. Reading group guide included.
The Turk and My Mother: A Novel by Mary Helen Stefaniak is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.
This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read The Turk and My Mother: A Novel aloud.
The Turk and My Mother: A Novel 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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