How long does it take to read My Name Is Lucy Barton?
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout takes about 3 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 49 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2016. 208 pages, about 57,200 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn't spoken for many years, comes to see her and a simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the most tender relationship of all--the one between mother and daughter"--
Subjects: Mothers and daughters, Fiction, Amerikanisches Englisch, Estrangement, Family Life, Dysfunctional families
