How long does it take to read The Sacred Willow?
Duong Van Mai Elliott
The Sacred Willow by Duong Van Mai Elliott takes about 9 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 38 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1999. 525 pages, about 144,375 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 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The author tells the story of four generations of her family, from the nineteenth century through the 1990s, in an effort to show the impact of historical events and politics on Vietnamese families.
Subjects: Genealogy, History, Family, Families, Généalogies, Histoire
