Getting to Happy: Audiobook
Book 2 of the A Waiting to Exhale Novel series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Getting to Happy audiobook runs 11.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Gloria Reuben and S. Epatha Merkerson (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by S. Epatha Merkerson
S. Epatha Merkerson narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 42 hours in all.
About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf
3,405 Contemporary Women 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
Getting to Happy is book 2 of Terry McMillan's A Waiting to Exhale Novel series: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Gloria Reuben and S. Epatha Merkerson, released September 7, 2010, on the Contemporary Women and BIPOC Stories & Voices shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gloria Reuben, S. Epatha Merkerson
- Released
- September 7, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, BIPOC Stories & Voices, Drama
- Series
- A Waiting to Exhale Novel #2
- ISBN
- 9781101436752
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Getting to Happy audiobook?
Getting to Happy runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is the Getting to Happy audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Getting to Happy?
Getting to Happy is narrated by Gloria Reuben and S. Epatha Merkerson.
Is Getting to Happy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours.