How Long to Read You Would Have Missed Me

How Long Does it Take to Read You Would Have Missed Me?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 51 minutes to read You Would Have Missed Me by Birgit Vanderbeke

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

Description

'I can't remember what it was like being born, but from what they used to tell me it seemed almost as if everything had been fine up to that point.' Standing in her family's two-bedroom flat in the Promised Land, a little girl realizes that once again she won't be getting a cat for her birthday. She's been wanting one ever since she was five – all the way back to when they were living in the refugee camp. In the East, her Grandma made cakes and kept rabbits; now there is no baking, no pets and certainly no Grandma. West Germany in the early 1960s is a difficult place for a seven-year-old East German refugee, particularly when no one will listen to you. Why Peirene chose to publish this book: Today, as in the past, people flee from one country to another in the hope of finding a better future. But how do children experience such displacement? How do they cope with traumas of a refugee camp? In this novel Birgit Vanderbeke goes back to her own childhood in the divided Germany of the 1960s. She shows how the little girl she once was saved herself by imagining countries on the far side of the world. A masterpiece of memory turned into fiction. 'A hauntingly brilliant evocation of childhood.' Jackie Law, Never Imitate 'A graceful, feather-light novel whose true weight is revealed only gradually.' MDK Kultur

How long is You Would Have Missed Me?

You Would Have Missed Me by Birgit Vanderbeke is 108 pages long, and a total of 27,864 words.

This makes it 36% the length of the average book. It also has 34% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read You Would Have Missed Me Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 32 minutes to read You Would Have Missed Me aloud.

What Reading Level is You Would Have Missed Me?

You Would Have Missed Me 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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