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The Wife's Tale: A Personal History by Aida Edemariam

The Wife's Tale: A Personal History: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wife's Tale: A Personal History runs 9.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Adjoa Andoh (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.9listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2018released
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What our data says

  • At 9.9 hours, it runs longer than 76% 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 Wife's Tale: A Personal History is an audiobook by Aida Edemariam: a 9.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Adjoa Andoh, released March 20, 2018, on the Memoirs and Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.9 hrs
Narrated by
Adjoa Andoh
Released
March 20, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, Women
ISBN
9780062799029

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Wife's Tale: A Personal History as an audiobook?

The Wife's Tale: A Personal History runs 9.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.

Is The Wife's Tale: A Personal History free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Wife's Tale: A Personal History?

The Wife's Tale: A Personal History is narrated by Adjoa Andoh.