How long does it take to read The Courage to Heal?
Ellen Bass, Laura Davis
The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass, Laura Davis takes about 9 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 40 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1988. 527 pages, about 144,925 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 6 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
First published in 1988, the groundbreaking The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse has been completely revised, updated, and expanded for its 20th Anniversary edition. Considered "a classic" and "the bible of healing from child sexual abuse," this inspiring, comprehensive and compassionate guide provides a map of support of the healing journey and a lifeline for millions. Weaving together personal experience with professional knowledge, the authors provide clear explanations, practical suggestions, strategies, and support throughout the survival healing process -- as well as help, hope and reassurance for families, friends, and caregivers. Readers will feel recognized and encouraged by hundreds of moving first-person accounts drawn from interviews and the author's extensive work with survivors, both nationally and internationally. Available in translations, as well as in an enhanced audio format, its life-saving messages resonate across cultural, leaf
Subjects: Abuso sexual de niños, Adult, Adult Survivors of Child Abuse, Adult child abuse victims, Adult child sexual abuse victims, Child molesting
