About This Book
"It is July 1962. Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding night to come..." - Back cover.
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4h 35m
slow reader
180 WPM
3h 18m
average reader
250 WPM
2h 21m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 49,500 words📅 7 days at 30 min/day
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3 h 40 min
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