How long does it take to read Lives on the Boundary?
Mike Rose
Lives on the Boundary by Mike Rose takes about 4 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 41 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1989. 255 pages, about 70,125 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The author's account of teaching America's "underprepared" and of his personal journey from a Los Angeles ghetto to a major research university.
Subjects: Remedial teaching, College teachers, Education, Biography, Literacy, People with social disabilities
