The Summer Before the Dark

3.6 avg 3001 votes

About this book

With her children grown and her husband away in America for several months, Kate Brown finds herself alone for the first time in twenty years.

3.6 ★★★★☆ average of 4 sources · 3001 votes
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3.6/5 · 3001 readers · 250 pages · ≈ 4 h 38 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read The Summer Before the Dark?

About ≈ 4 h 38 m — 250 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mThe Summer Before the Dark~4 h 38 m

How many pages is The Summer Before the Dark?

250 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320The Summer Before the Dark250

What genre is The Summer Before the Dark?

It sits on the Fiction shelves.

Is The Summer Before the Dark in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote The Summer Before the Dark?

Doris Lessing.

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