A Slipping-Down Life: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Slipping-Down Life runs 5.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Deborah Mcbride (about 3.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.7 hours, it is shorter than 81% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Deborah Mcbride
Deborah Mcbride narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 70 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,034 Literary Fiction 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 Slipping-Down Life is an audiobook by Anne Tyler: a 5.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Deborah Mcbride, released November 17, 2020, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Deborah Mcbride
- Released
- November 17, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781705016404
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Slipping-Down Life as an audiobook?
A Slipping-Down Life runs 5.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.8 hours.
Is A Slipping-Down Life free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Slipping-Down Life?
A Slipping-Down Life is narrated by Deborah Mcbride.