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How long does it take to read Dakota Born?

Debbie Macomber

Dakota Born by Debbie Macomber takes about 7 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

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About 7 hours 9 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1999. 390 pages, about 107,250 words.

15 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 11 hours 55 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 9 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 28 minutes

The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Buffalo Valley, North Dakota. Like so many small Midwest towns, it's dying. Stores are boarded up, sidewalks cracked, houses need a coat of paint. But despite all that, there's a spirit of hope here, of defiance. The people still living in Buffalo Valley are fighting for their town.Lyndsay Snyder is a newcomer. She's an outsider, even though she spent childhood vacations here. Now she returns to see the family house again, to explore family secrets and to reevaluate her life.To her own astonishment, she decides to stay, to accept the vacant position of teacher. Her decision marks a new beginning for Buffalo Valley and for Lyndsay, who discovers in this broken little town the love and purpose she's been seeking.

Subjects: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Romance, North dakota, fiction, Fiction, romance, general, Fiction, romance, contemporary

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