How long does it take to read The Chequered Silence?
The Chequered Silence by Jacqueline Gilbert takes about 3 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 28 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1984. 189 pages, about 51,975 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 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
What could justify her years of silence? Leah had deserted Max Calvert and her acting career for a reason that seemed valid at the time. But she'd never offered any explanation, and Max had never forgiven her. Now, five years later, he was going to direct The Chequered Silence, the new play Leah was producing. If only she could tell him why she left him, and that the play itself held the answer....
Subjects: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Fiction, romance, general
