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Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair) by Rosie Perez

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair): Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair) audiobook runs 11.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Rosie Perez (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.7listening hrs
Arts & Entertainmentstore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

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What our data says

  • At 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 4,130 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair) is an audiobook by Rosie Perez: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Rosie Perez, released February 25, 2014, on the Arts & Entertainment and Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.7 hrs
Narrated by
Rosie Perez
Released
February 25, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Arts & Entertainment, Women
ISBN
9780385360722

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair) audiobook?

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair) runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.

Is the Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair) audiobook free?

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Who narrates Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair)?

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair) is narrated by Rosie Perez.

Is Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair) worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.