How Long to Read Unlocking the Past

How Long Does it Take to Read Unlocking the Past?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 41 minutes to read Unlocking the Past by Shira Sebban

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

Description

Shira Sebban had long abandoned hope of uncovering more details of her mother Naomi's past, especially after her death in 2013 following a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. That was before Sebban and her sister discovered a diary Naomi had kept during a study trip to Israel in the mid-1950s. Unlocking the Past: Stories From My Mother's Diary brings Naomi's vibrant and descriptive diary entries back to life as a series of creative non-fiction short stories. In so doing, Sebban embarked on a fascinating journey, exploring a place and space so different to her own. Not only was her mother still single, but she had also become somewhat of an outsider, having returned to her birthplace after a decade away in Australia. Covering an 18-month period, from late 1955 until mid-1957, beginning with Naomi's arrival in the then divided city of Jerusalem to take up a scholarship at the Hebrew University, the chapters portray what life was like in the new State of Israel, particularly in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Disparate events are covered, from social, cultural and political public happenings to more personal concerns like love and loss. Naomi's friends included future advisor to Margaret Thatcher, Alfred Sherman, renowned concert pianist, Nelly Ben-Or, and Ilan Hartuv, now best remembered as one of the Entebbe hostages, whose elderly mother, Dora Bloch, was among those killed. Importantly, we gain an understanding of what it was like to be a single, young and intelligent woman during the foundation years of Israel.

How long is Unlocking the Past?

Unlocking the Past by Shira Sebban is 98 pages long, and a total of 25,284 words.

This makes it 33% the length of the average book. It also has 31% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Unlocking the Past Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 18 minutes to read Unlocking the Past aloud.

What Reading Level is Unlocking the Past?

Unlocking the Past 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.

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