How long does it take to read Garden of Thorns?
Garden of Thorns by Sally Wentworth takes about 3 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 52 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1980. 211 pages, about 58,025 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 52 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 25 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Two sisters, Kirsty and Penny, buy a run-down cottage in the English countryside to start an herb farm. Kirsty soon runs afoul of the arrogant but handsome local squire, Gyles Grantham, who seems to determined to get them to move away, as he suspects the pair are part of a hippie commune. Over time though, Kirsty realizes her feelings towards the squire have changed. At the same time, suspicious events take place on their farm and at the manor - cows are poisoned, the garden is destroyed and there is a devastating fire. Is the squire responsible?
