About This Book
Middle England, mid-1980s. The kind of place where nothing ever happens. Except something has happened. A fifteen year old boy called Robert has been killed, down by the pools. And half a dozen lives will come unravelled.There's Kathryn and Howard, Rob's parents. Kath has been making the best of her...
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Reading Time Estimates
7h 34m
slow reader
180 WPM
5h 27m
average reader
250 WPM
3h 53m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 81,675 words📅 11 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
5 h 27 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
6 h 3 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
9 h 5 min
Audio 2x
4 h 32 min
That's about:
- 📅11 days reading 30 min/day
- 🚇11 commutes of 30 min each