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This Close to Happy: A Reckoning with Depression by Daphne Merkin

This Close to Happy: A Reckoning with Depression: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the This Close to Happy: A Reckoning with Depression audiobook runs 9.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Suzanne Toren (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.6listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 9.6 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.

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About this listen

This Close to Happy: A Reckoning with Depression is an audiobook by Daphne Merkin: a 9.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Suzanne Toren, released February 7, 2017, on the Memoirs shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.6 hrs
Narrated by
Suzanne Toren
Released
February 7, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs
ISBN
9781504773140

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the This Close to Happy: A Reckoning with Depression audiobook?

This Close to Happy: A Reckoning with Depression runs 9.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.

Is the This Close to Happy: A Reckoning with Depression audiobook free?

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Who narrates This Close to Happy: A Reckoning with Depression?

This Close to Happy: A Reckoning with Depression is narrated by Suzanne Toren.