How long does it take to read The Open Marriage?
The Open Marriage by Flora Kidd 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
She wanted him to ask her to stay They'd agreed before their marriage to give each other enough freedom to come and go as they pleased. And it had worked extremely well--until Jessica had discovered that Alun was seeing another woman. She hadn't seen or heard from him since their quarrel two years ago, but Jessica had never stopped loving him. She desperately wanted to share his life and never be parted from him again, no matter how possessive she seemed. But Alun would never ask her .... "You must do as you please, " he told her instead. "Divorce me--if that's what you want. "