How long does it take to read This Is My Child?
This Is My Child by Lucy Gordon takes about 3 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 24 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1996. 185 pages, about 50,875 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 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 24 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A FATHER'S DILEMMA Giles Haverill adored his adopted son, though he couldn't seem to show it. He knew the boy longed for his lost mother, just as Giles himself ached for a woman's gentle touch. But how did you tell a child that he'd been abandoned by the one person he needed most? A MOTHER'S SECRET Thanks to fate, Melanie Haynes was now a member of the Haverill household. As little David's new nanny, she could soothe his troubles and dry his tears. But Melanie hadn't bargained on falling in love with Giles--or the pint-sized stranger who was her own flesh and blood....
Subjects: Single fathers, Adopted children, Nannies, Fiction, Fiction, general