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How long does it take to read This Is My Child?

Lucy Gordon

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

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