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On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear by Lynn Casteel Harper

On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear audiobook runs 6.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Petrea Burchard (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.3listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.3 hours of listening.

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30 min / day13 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 6.3 hours, it is shorter than 71% 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

On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear is an audiobook by Lynn Casteel Harper: a 6.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Petrea Burchard, released January 12, 2021, on the Memoirs and History & Culture shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.3 hrs
Narrated by
Petrea Burchard
Released
January 12, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, History & Culture, Disorders & Diseases
ISBN
9781094412771

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear audiobook?

On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear runs 6.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.

Is the On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear audiobook free?

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Who narrates On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear?

On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear is narrated by Petrea Burchard.