Reading Level
What is the reading level of In the Shadow of the Bridge: A Memoir?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of In the Shadow of the Bridge: A Memoir is 8th and 9th grade.
Expert Readability Tests for
In the Shadow of the Bridge: A Memoir
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 8 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 10 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 8 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 6 |
Reading Time
3 hrs 15 mins
How long to read In the Shadow of the Bridge: A Memoir?
The estimated word count of In the Shadow of the Bridge: A Memoir is 48,515 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 3 hrs 15 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 5 hrs 24 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 1 hrs 48 mins.
| In the Shadow of the Bridge: A Memoir - 48,515 words | ||
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| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 5 hrs 24 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 3 hrs 15 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 1 hrs 48 mins |
- Authors
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Joseph Caldwell
More about In the Shadow of the Bridge: A Memoir
48,515 words
Word Count
for In the Shadow of the Bridge: A Memoir
5 hours and 13 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
The bohemian, free-spirited existence that blessed many of Manhattan’s gifted artists and writers in the nineteen fifties and sixties has, with current skyrocketing rents and the high-income requirements of basic living, been nearly extinguished. And only for the likes of an astute observer such as Joseph Caldwell, perhaps be almost forgotten. In his charming, brutally candid memoir, the author describes his tenure working at WQXR, the venerated classical music station, marching in civil protests and being arrested, his accomplished acquaintances, all of it part of the libertine life of a young gay man who becomes a noted playwright and novelist and Rome Prize winner. But then the mantle of the AIDS epidemic falls heavily on the city and exultation in free love and sex is replaced by unrelenting fear. In a twist of fate, a quixotic love that plagues Caldwell his entire life gives him one last chance at a relationship but in a completely unexpected and tragic ways. This memoir is an important chronicle of the changing tide of artistic and gay life in New York City in the shadow of the plague years.