How long does it take to read Picking Cotton?
Jennifer Thompson-Cannino
Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino takes about 5 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 40 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2009. 309 pages, about 84,975 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The story behind the unlikely friendship which developed between the accused rapist Ronald Cotton--who served eleven years in prison for a crime he didn't commit--and his accuser, Jennifer Thompson, raped at knifepoint by a man who broke into her apartment while she slept.
Subjects: Case studies, Biography, Forgiveness, Rape victims, Rape, Thompson-Cannino, Jennifer