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The Apothecary's Wife: The Hidden History of Medicine and How it Became a Commodity by Karen Bloom Gevirtz

The Apothecary's Wife: The Hidden History of Medicine and How it Became a Commodity: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Apothecary's Wife: The Hidden History of Medicine and How it Became a Commodity runs 9.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Elisabeth Lagelee (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.1listening hrs
Medicine & Naturopathystore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Apothecary's Wife: The Hidden History of Medicine and How it Became a Commodity at common listening paces
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30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.1 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 10,901 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2024 recording read by Rachel Handshaw runs 0.7 hours shorter (8.4 hours).

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 Apothecary's Wife: The Hidden History of Medicine and How it Became a Commodity is an audiobook by Karen Bloom Gevirtz: a 9.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Elisabeth Lagelee, released November 12, 2024, on the Medicine & Naturopathy and Social Science shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.1 hrs
Narrated by
Elisabeth Lagelee
Released
November 12, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Medicine & Naturopathy, Social Science
ISBN
9798855590548

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Apothecary's Wife: The Hidden History of Medicine and How it Became a Commodity as an audiobook?

The Apothecary's Wife: The Hidden History of Medicine and How it Became a Commodity runs 9.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.

Is The Apothecary's Wife: The Hidden History of Medicine and How it Became a Commodity free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Apothecary's Wife: The Hidden History of Medicine and How it Became a Commodity?

The Apothecary's Wife: The Hidden History of Medicine and How it Became a Commodity is narrated by Elisabeth Lagelee.