How long does it take to read Going Underground?
Going Underground by Karen Van Der Zee takes about 3 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1982. 188 pages, about 51,700 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 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
How could she trust her own feelings? Beth, talented art director for a high-pressure Washington advertising agency, suffered a nervous breakdown. For someone raised on ambition and competition, her loss of control was a devastating blow. To escape the pressures, she agreed to help out single parent Reid McShane by temporarily caring for his young son on Reid's farm in Virginia. She had every intention of returning in triumph to her chosen profession once her strength was restored. But when she started falling in love with Reid, her choices became less clear, and she felt weaker than ever.
