How long does it take to read I Am Not Esther?
Fleur Beale
I Am Not Esther by Fleur Beale takes about 3 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 25 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 186 pages, about 51,150 words. Written for young adults.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A young girl is left by her mother with relatives she's never met who are members of a strict religious cult. Her name is changed to the biblical Esther, and she is forced to follow the severe set of social codes of the order. Soon, Esther begins to lose her own identity.
Subjects: Fiction, Mothers and daughters, Cults, Christian life, Identity, Young adult fiction
