Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.9
Points
13.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
81400
Points per Word
0.00016
Page Count
255
Points per Page
0.05098
Description
The author describes the life of his alcoholic father, from his upbringing in Jacksonville, Alabama, until his death from tuberculosis and merges it with his own fatherly experiences with his ten-year-old stepson.