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What I Wish I’d Known When I Was Young: The Art and Science of Growing Up by Alice Thomson, Rachel Sylvester

What I Wish I’d Known When I Was Young: The Art and Science of Growing Up: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the What I Wish I’d Known When I Was Young: The Art and Science of Growing Up audiobook runs 7.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Alice Thompson (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.9listening hrs
Arts & Entertainmentstore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

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30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.9 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment 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

What I Wish I’d Known When I Was Young: The Art and Science of Growing Up is an audiobook by Alice Thomson and Rachel Sylvester: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Alice Thompson, released May 12, 2022, on the Arts & Entertainment and Career Development shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.9 hrs
Narrated by
Alice Thompson
Released
May 12, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Arts & Entertainment, Career Development, Health & Wellness
ISBN
9780008497491

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the What I Wish I’d Known When I Was Young: The Art and Science of Growing Up audiobook?

What I Wish I’d Known When I Was Young: The Art and Science of Growing Up runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.

Is the What I Wish I’d Known When I Was Young: The Art and Science of Growing Up audiobook free?

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Who narrates What I Wish I’d Known When I Was Young: The Art and Science of Growing Up?

What I Wish I’d Known When I Was Young: The Art and Science of Growing Up is narrated by Alice Thompson.