How long does it take to read Truly, Madly Manhattan?
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Truly, Madly Manhattan by Nora Roberts takes about 8 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 48 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2003. 480 pages, about 132,000 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Local Hero Single mother Hester Wallace already had one man in her life; she didn't want or need another. But how could she stop her nine-year-old son from making a father figure out of the sexy man downstairs? Mitch Dempsey,creator of her son's favorite comic-book hero, was qucikly becoming a hero himself-one Hester wanted to call her own! Duel Image As "Amanda Jamison", Ariel Kirkwood suffered through the daily traumas of a popular soap opera. Booth DeWitt had written his greatest script from the pain of his bitter marriage. Ariel knew that she wanted to play the scheming wife-a complete change from her sweet daytime heroine. But Ariel awoke the ghosts of Booth's past with her eerily perfect portrayl of his ex-wife. Could Ariel tempt him to love again?
Subjects: Neighbors, Actresses, American Love stories, Single mothers, Screenwriters, Fiction