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I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive: On Trauma, Persistence, and Dolly Parton by Lynn Melnick

I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive: On Trauma, Persistence, and Dolly Parton: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive: On Trauma, Persistence, and Dolly Parton audiobook runs 7.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Lynn Melnick (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.7listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.7 hours of listening.

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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 7.7 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.

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

I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive: On Trauma, Persistence, and Dolly Parton is an audiobook by Lynn Melnick: a 7.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Lynn Melnick, released October 4, 2022, on the Memoirs shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.7 hrs
Narrated by
Lynn Melnick
Released
October 4, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs
ISBN
9781667075747

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive: On Trauma, Persistence, and Dolly Parton audiobook?

I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive: On Trauma, Persistence, and Dolly Parton runs 7.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.

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Who narrates I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive: On Trauma, Persistence, and Dolly Parton?

I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive: On Trauma, Persistence, and Dolly Parton is narrated by Lynn Melnick.