It takes the average reader 5 hours and 40 minutes to read The Working Poor by David K. Shipler
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
An intimate portrait of poverty-level working families from a range of ethnic backgrounds in America reveals their legacy of low-paying, dead-end jobs, dysfunctional parenting, and substance abuse and charges the government with failing to provide adequate housing, health care, and education. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.
The Working Poor by David K. Shipler is 329 pages long, and a total of 85,211 words.
This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 104% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 45 minutes to read The Working Poor aloud.
The Working Poor is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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