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Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler

Back When We Were Grownups: Audiobook

by Anne Tyler · narrated by Blair Brown · unabridged · 2001

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Back When We Were Grownups audiobook runs 9 hours unabridged, narrated by Blair Brown (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9listening hrs
Dramastore shelf
2001released
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2 hours / day5 days
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What our data says

  • At 9 hours, it is shorter than 63% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Blair Brown

Blair Brown narrates 32 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 287 hours in all.

All Blair Brown audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Drama shelf

2,742 Drama 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

Back When We Were Grownups is an audiobook by Anne Tyler: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Blair Brown, released May 1, 2001, on the Psychological and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9 hrs
Narrated by
Blair Brown
Released
May 1, 2001
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Psychological, Drama
ISBN
9780739300398

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Back When We Were Grownups audiobook?

Back When We Were Grownups runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.

Is the Back When We Were Grownups audiobook free?

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Who narrates Back When We Were Grownups?

Back When We Were Grownups is narrated by Blair Brown.