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How long does it take to read The Light We Lost?

Jill Santopolo

The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo takes about 6 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.

About 6 hours 1 minute

A weekend read

First published 2017. 328 pages, about 90,200 words.

13 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 10 hours 1 minute
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 1 minute
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 46 minutes

The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

He was the first person to inspire her, to move her, to truly understand her. Was he meant to be the last? "Extraordinary ... An emotional roller coaster."--Delia Ephron Lucy is faced with a life-altering choice. But before she can make her decision, she must start her story--their story--at the very beginning. Lucy and Gabe meet as seniors at Columbia University on a day that changes both of their lives forever. Together, they decide they want their lives to mean something, to matter. When they meet again a year later, it seems fated--perhaps they'll find life's meaning in each other. But then Gabe becomes a photojournalist assigned to the Middle East and Lucy pursues a career in New York. What follows is a thirteen-year journey of dreams, desires, jealousies, betrayals, and, ultimately, of love. Was it fate that brought them together? Is it choice that has kept them away? Their journey takes Lucy and Gabe continents apart, but never out of each other's hearts. Me Before You meets One Day in this devastatingly romantic debut novel about the enduring power of first love, with a shocking, unforgettable ending. A Love Story for a new generation.

Subjects: Man-woman relationships, Fiction, Fiction, romance, contemporary, Life change events, Fate and fatalism, Relations entre hommes et femmes

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