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The American Lady by Petra Durst-Benning

The American Lady: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Glassblower series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The American Lady runs 14.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kristin Watson Heintz (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.5listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The American Lady at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 14.5 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Glassblower Trilogy

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 15.3 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 40.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Glassblower15.3 hrs
2The American Lady14.5 hrs
3The Paradise of Glass10.9 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

1,725 Historical (Fiction) 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

The American Lady is book 2 of Petra Durst-Benning's Glassblower series: a 14.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Kristin Watson Heintz, released June 16, 2015, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.5 hrs
Narrated by
Kristin Watson Heintz
Released
June 16, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Drama
Series
The Glassblower Trilogy #2
ISBN
9781511305310

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The American Lady as an audiobook?

The American Lady runs 14.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.

Is The American Lady free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The American Lady?

The American Lady is narrated by Kristin Watson Heintz.

Is The American Lady worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.8 hours.