How long does it take to read Cartucho ; and, My Mother's Hands?
Nellie Campobello
Cartucho ; and, My Mother's Hands by Nellie Campobello takes about 2 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 22 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1988. 129 pages, about 35,475 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 57 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 22 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Cartucho and My Mother's Hands are autobiographical evocations of a childhood spent amidst the violence and turmoil of the Revolution in Mexico. They are noteworthy, too, as one of the few first-person accounts of the female experience in the early years of the Mexican Revolution and unique in their presentation of events from a child's perspective.
Subjects: History, Fiction, Fiction, war & military, Mexico, fiction, Fiction, historical, Fiction, historical, general
