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After This by Alice McDermott

After This: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the After This audiobook runs 10 hours unabridged, narrated by Martha Plimpton (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2006released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

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What our data says

  • At 10 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

3,091 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

After This is an audiobook by Alice McDermott: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Martha Plimpton, released September 5, 2006, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10 hrs
Narrated by
Martha Plimpton
Released
September 5, 2006
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781593979935

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the After This audiobook?

After This runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.

Is the After This audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates After This?

After This is narrated by Martha Plimpton.

Is After This worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.