How long does it take to read Necessary Losses?
Necessary Losses by Judith Viorst takes about 9 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 9 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1987. 499 pages, about 137,225 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Grief, Loss (Psychology), Self-actualization (Psychology), Self Concept
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