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Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America by Kumea Shorter-Gooden PhD, Charisse Jones

Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by Zoleka Vundla (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12 hours of listening.

Days to finish Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 12 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 9,905 Social Science 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

Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America is an audiobook by Kumea Shorter-Gooden PhD and Charisse Jones: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Zoleka Vundla, released December 21, 2021, on the Social Science shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12 hrs
Narrated by
Zoleka Vundla
Released
December 21, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science
ISBN
9781666175523

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America audiobook?

Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.

Is the Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America?

Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America is narrated by Zoleka Vundla.

Is Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.