How long does it take to read The Impossible Knife of Memory?
The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson takes about 7 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 1 minute
A weekend read
First published 2014. 383 pages, about 105,325 words. Written for children.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 42 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 1 minute |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
For the past five years Hayley Kincain and her father, Andy, have been on the road, never staying long in one place as he struggles to escape the demons that have tortured him since his return from Iraq. Now they are back in town where he grew up so Hayley can go to a proper school. Perhaps, for the first time, Hayley can have a normal life, put aside her own painful memories, even have a relationship with Finn, the hot guy who obviously likes her but is hiding secrets of his own. Will being back home help Andy's PTSD, or will his terrible memories drag him to the edge of hell, and drugs push him over?
Subjects: father-daughter, young adult, teenagers, war, romance, PTSD
