How long does it take to read Motive for Marriage?
Linda Markowiak
Motive for Marriage by Linda Markowiak takes about 3 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1977. 187 pages, about 51,425 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 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
He'll do anything to get his daughter back Nathan Perry has a perfect motive for marriage. He's going to lose his daughter for the second time unless he can persuade Libby Jamieson, the woman who's planning to adopt motherless little Sara, to marry him. Nate hasn't seen his daughter since she was placed in a witness protection program with her mother, Nate's ex-wife, eight years ago. More than anything, he wants his child back. But his daughter loves Libby and Nate's beginning to understand the little girl's feelings. In fact, his real motive for marrying Libby is beginning to change .
Subjects: Fathers and daughters, Fiction, Adoption, Fiction, general
