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Once in a Lifetime by Mary Monroe

Once in a Lifetime: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Once in a Lifetime audiobook runs 4.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Shari Peele (about 2.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4.3listening hrs
Contemporary Womenstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 4.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Once in a Lifetime at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day9 days
1 hour / day5 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

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What our data says

  • At 4.3 hours, it is shorter than 95% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf

234 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

Once in a Lifetime is an audiobook by Mary Monroe: a 4.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Shari Peele, released September 28, 2021, on the Contemporary Women shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
4.3 hrs
Narrated by
Shari Peele
Released
September 28, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Contemporary Women
ISBN
9781705026687

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Once in a Lifetime audiobook?

Once in a Lifetime runs 4.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.9 hours.

Is the Once in a Lifetime audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Once in a Lifetime?

Once in a Lifetime is narrated by Shari Peele.