How long does it take to read At Home in the World?
a memoir
Joyce Maynard, Laura Roychowdhury
At Home in the World by Joyce Maynard, Laura Roychowdhury takes about 6 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 45 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 368 pages, about 101,200 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The author describes her love affair with reclusive author J.D. Salinger, which began at the age of eighteen, discussing her relationship with Salinger and her troubled but creative youth.
Subjects: American Authors, Biography, Relations with women, Autobiographie, American Women authors, Women authors
