Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.8
Points
30.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
176569
Points per Word
0.00017
Page Count
832
Points per Page
0.036058
Description
Even now, at the age of 82, Iris lives in the shadow cast by her younger sister Laura. Now poor and trying to cope with a failing body, Iris reflects on her far from exemplary life, in particular the events surrounding her sister's tragic death.