How long does it take to read Desperation?
Desperation by Charlotte Lamb takes about 3 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 28 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1989. 189 pages, about 51,975 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From the back cover: A whirlwind courtship, then a year apart. Megan had been fully prepared to wait for Devlin's return from his year-long filming trip to the Amazon. Despite the differences in their backgrounds and their ages, she knew their love was right. But when Devlin returned from his journey, he found a different Megan, a cold stranger who'd erected a barrier between them. No matter how forcibly he tried to break it down, she would not give in. She could not. For she was not the same woman Devlin had known, and Devlin had known, and Devlin must not learn why, or how....
Subjects: courtship, journey, Fiction, general, Television, Fiction, Production and direction
