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A Promising Life: Coming of Age with America by Emily Arnold McCully

A Promising Life: Coming of Age with America: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Promising Life: Coming of Age with America runs 8.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by MacLeod Andrews (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.8listening hrs
Historical (Teen & YA)store shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Promising Life: Coming of Age with America at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.8 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 824 Historical (Teen & YA) audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Promising Life: Coming of Age with America is an audiobook by Emily Arnold McCully: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by MacLeod Andrews, released July 25, 2017, on the Historical (Teen & YA) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.8 hrs
Narrated by
MacLeod Andrews
Released
July 25, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Teen & YA)
ISBN
9781338159684

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Promising Life: Coming of Age with America as an audiobook?

A Promising Life: Coming of Age with America runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.

Is A Promising Life: Coming of Age with America free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates A Promising Life: Coming of Age with America?

A Promising Life: Coming of Age with America is narrated by MacLeod Andrews.