About This Book
Selected as a Book of the Year by the Financial Times 'The Gardener and the Carpenter should be required reading for anyone who is, or is thinking of becoming a parent' Financial Times Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call 'parenting' is a surprisingl...
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Reading Time Estimates
8h 12m
slow reader
180 WPM
5h 54m
average reader
250 WPM
4h 13m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 88,550 wordsπ
12 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
5 h 54 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
6 h 34 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
9 h 50 min
Audio 2x
4 h 55 min
That's about:
- π 12 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
- π12 commutesΒ of 30 min each