A Hymn to Life: Shame has to Change Sides - THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Hymn to Life: Shame has to Change Sides - THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER runs 7.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Emma Thompson (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.4 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson narrates 12 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 57 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
2,262 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Hymn to Life: Shame has to Change Sides - THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER is an audiobook by Gisèle Pelicot: a 7.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Emma Thompson, released February 17, 2026, on the Memoirs and Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Emma Thompson
- Released
- February 17, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, Women, Social Science
- ISBN
- 9781529970081
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How long is A Hymn to Life: Shame has to Change Sides - THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER as an audiobook?
A Hymn to Life: Shame has to Change Sides - THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER runs 7.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.
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Who narrates A Hymn to Life: Shame has to Change Sides - THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER?
A Hymn to Life: Shame has to Change Sides - THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER is narrated by Emma Thompson.