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The Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America’s Secret Thalidomide Scandal by Jennifer Vanderbes

The Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America’s Secret Thalidomide Scandal: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America’s Secret Thalidomide Scandal runs 10.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jennifer Vanderbes (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.2listening hrs
Medicine & Naturopathystore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.2 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
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What our data says

  • At 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 10,901 Medicine & Naturopathy 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 Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America’s Secret Thalidomide Scandal is an audiobook by Jennifer Vanderbes: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Jennifer Vanderbes, released July 6, 2023, on the Medicine & Naturopathy and True Crime shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.2 hrs
Narrated by
Jennifer Vanderbes
Released
July 6, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Medicine & Naturopathy, True Crime, History & Culture
ISBN
9780008295738

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America’s Secret Thalidomide Scandal as an audiobook?

The Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America’s Secret Thalidomide Scandal runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.

Is The Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America’s Secret Thalidomide Scandal free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America’s Secret Thalidomide Scandal?

The Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America’s Secret Thalidomide Scandal is narrated by Jennifer Vanderbes.

Is The Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America’s Secret Thalidomide Scandal worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.