How long does it take to read Gone from My Sight?
Barbara Karnes
Gone from My Sight by Barbara Karnes takes about 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 15 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1986. 14 pages, about 3,850 words.
1 day at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 26 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The biggest fear of watching someone die is fear of the unknown; not knowing what dying will be like or when death will actually occur. The booklet "Gone From My Sight" explains in a simple, gentle yet direct manner the process of dying from disease. Dying from disease is not like it is portrayed in the movies. Yet movies, not life, have become our role models. Death from disease is not happenstance. It doesn't just occur; there is a process. People die in stages of months, weeks, days and hours. "Gone From My Sight" is literature used to reduce fear and uncertainty; to neutralize the fear associated with dying. It is designed to help people understand dying, their own or someone else's.
Subjects: Death, Popular works, Mort, Deaths
