About This Book
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book • The extraordinary debut novel from the Women's Prize-winning and global bestselling author of Dream Count, Americanah, and We Should All Be Feminists Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life in Enugu, N...
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Reading Time Estimates
8h 10m
slow reader
180 WPM
5h 53m
average reader
250 WPM
4h 12m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 88,275 words📅 12 days at 30 min/day
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5 h 53 min
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Audiobook (1.5x)
6 h 32 min
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9 h 49 min
Audio 2x
4 h 54 min
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