How long does it take to read The Illustrated Mum?
The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson takes about 4 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
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About 4 hours 5 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1999. 223 pages, about 61,325 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A powerful novel of two sisters who have to cope with living in a very dysfunctional household where their tattoo-crazy mum has real difficulties in coping. A new edition with new cover look and introduction.Dolphin adores her mother: she's got wonderful clothes, bright hair and vivid tattoos all over her body. She definitely lives a colourful life. Dolphin's older sister, Star, also loves her but is beginning to wonder if staying with a mum whose temper can be as flashy as her body-art is the best thing for the girls...
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Family, Mothers, Tattooing, Tattooing in fiction, Single-parent families in fiction
