How long does it take to read Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo?
Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo by Ntozake Shange takes about 4 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1982. 224 pages, about 61,600 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This is the story of four women of color, three sisters and their mama, from Charleston, South Carolina.
Subjects: Fiction, Sisters, Mothers and daughters, African American women, African americans, fiction, Mothers and daughters, fiction
