It takes the average reader 1 hour and 10 minutes to read Through The Glass Mountain by Martina Evans
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Using the unique narrative form of her dramatic poem, 'Petrol', Martina Evans compresses her original novel, 'The Glass Mountain' into a new book of cinematic prose poetry. It is the early 1980s in Cork City and women are on the streets protesting against the contraceptives ban. The eighteen-year old narrator, Maeve, has just left the convent and it is not going well. She is failing science and trying to be a punk while Daddy Hitler keeps telling her that she is on the Highway to Nowhere. Before Maeve can figure what road she should be travelling, she finds herself making a life or death...
Through The Glass Mountain by Martina Evans is 70 pages long, and a total of 17,500 words.
This makes it 24% the length of the average book. It also has 21% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 35 minutes to read Through The Glass Mountain aloud.
Through The Glass Mountain is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
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