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How long does it take to read To First Be Friends?

Joan Elliott Pickart

To First Be Friends by Joan Elliott Pickart takes about 3 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 3 hours 17 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1989. 179 pages, about 49,225 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 28 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 17 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 3 minutes

The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Shep Templeton was alive! The award-winning journalist, the only man Emily Templeton had ever loved, hadn't died in the Pataguam jungle, but was coming home - only to learn his wife had divorced him. Eight months before, after a night of reckless passion, he had left for his next dangerous assignment. She'd vowed then it was the last time Shep would leave her. Love for Emily was all that had kept Shep going, had made him want to live through months of pain and recovery. Now he had to fight for a new start, had to prove he'd changed, but would Emily beleive he wanted a family and a future together more than he needed his freedom? She was seared by his kisses and ached to be cherished, but how could she trust a man who broke promises as easily as he made them? Sharing secrets and spending time with Shep filled Emily with hope, but so many doubts remained. Could he convince her that he'd always be her best friend, that he was home to stay?

Subjects: Divorced women, Journalists, Fiction

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