How Long to Read The Water Between Us

How Long Does it Take to Read The Water Between Us?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 38 minutes to read The Water Between Us by Shara McCallum

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

Description

1998 Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize winner. The Water Between Us is a poetic examination of cultural fragmentation, and the exile's struggle to reconcile the disparate and often conflicting influences of the homeland and the adopted country. The book also centers on other kinds of physical and emotional distances: those between mothers and daughters, those created by being of mixed racial descent, and those between colonizers and the colonized. Despite these distances, or perhaps because of them, the poems affirm the need for a multilayered and cohesive sense of self. McCallum's language is precise and graceful. Drawing from Anancy tales, Greek myth, and biblical stories, the poems deftly alternate between American English and Jamaican patois, and between images both familiar and surreal.

How long is The Water Between Us?

The Water Between Us by Shara McCallum is 96 pages long, and a total of 24,576 words.

This makes it 32% the length of the average book. It also has 30% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Water Between Us Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 14 minutes to read The Water Between Us aloud.

What Reading Level is The Water Between Us?

The Water Between Us is suitable for students ages 10 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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