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The First Breath: How Modern Medicine Saves the Most Fragile Lives by Olivia Gordon

The First Breath: How Modern Medicine Saves the Most Fragile Lives: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First Breath: How Modern Medicine Saves the Most Fragile Lives runs 11.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Charlie Sanderson (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.6listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.6 hours of listening.

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2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.6 hours, it runs longer than 88% 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

The First Breath: How Modern Medicine Saves the Most Fragile Lives is an audiobook by Olivia Gordon: a 11.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Charlie Sanderson, released June 13, 2019, on the Memoirs and Parenting shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.6 hrs
Narrated by
Charlie Sanderson
Released
June 13, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, Parenting
ISBN
9781509871193

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The First Breath: How Modern Medicine Saves the Most Fragile Lives as an audiobook?

The First Breath: How Modern Medicine Saves the Most Fragile Lives runs 11.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.

Is The First Breath: How Modern Medicine Saves the Most Fragile Lives free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The First Breath: How Modern Medicine Saves the Most Fragile Lives?

The First Breath: How Modern Medicine Saves the Most Fragile Lives is narrated by Charlie Sanderson.

Is The First Breath: How Modern Medicine Saves the Most Fragile Lives worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.9 hours.