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I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse by Lee Gutkind

I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse audiobook runs 8.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Tavia Gilbert (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.6listening hrs
History & Culturestore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.6 hours, it runs longer than 52% of the 5,224 History & Culture 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 Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse is an audiobook by Lee Gutkind: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Tavia Gilbert, released August 4, 2015, on the History & Culture shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.6 hrs
Narrated by
Tavia Gilbert
Released
August 4, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
History & Culture
ISBN
9781494583033

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse audiobook?

I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.

Is the I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse audiobook free?

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Who narrates I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse?

I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse is narrated by Tavia Gilbert.