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How to Be an American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway

How to Be an American Housewife: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How to Be an American Housewife audiobook runs 7.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Emily Durante and Laural Merlington (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.9listening hrs
Contemporary Womenstore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish How to Be an American Housewife at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.9 hours, it is shorter than 76% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf

2,178 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

How to Be an American Housewife is an audiobook by Margaret Dilloway: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Emily Durante and Laural Merlington, released August 5, 2010, on the Contemporary Women and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.9 hrs
Narrated by
Emily Durante, Laural Merlington
Released
August 5, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Contemporary Women, Drama
ISBN
9781400187737

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the How to Be an American Housewife audiobook?

How to Be an American Housewife runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.

Is the How to Be an American Housewife audiobook free?

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

Who narrates How to Be an American Housewife?

How to Be an American Housewife is narrated by Emily Durante and Laural Merlington.