The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap runs 17.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Suzanne Toren (about 11.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 36 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 17.9 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Suzanne Toren
Suzanne Toren narrates 399 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,287 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
269 Social Science 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 Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap is an audiobook by Stephanie Coontz: a 17.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Suzanne Toren, released March 5, 2019, on the Social Science and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Suzanne Toren
- Released
- March 5, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, The Americas, World
- ISBN
- 9781549175381
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap as an audiobook?
The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap runs 17.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.9 hours.
Is The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap?
The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap is narrated by Suzanne Toren.
Is The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.9 hours, saving 6 hours.