A River Is Made: From South Waziristan to Kabul, Dubai, and Des Moines, Iowa — An Afghan Refugee’s Journey from War to Belonging in America: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A River Is Made: From South Waziristan to Kabul, Dubai, and Des Moines, Iowa — An Afghan Refugee’s Journey from War to Belonging in America runs 6.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Patrick Kelly Shannon (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 6.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.7 hours, it is shorter than 67% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
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Patrick Kelly Shannon narrates 15 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 67 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
1,838 Memoirs 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
A River Is Made: From South Waziristan to Kabul, Dubai, and Des Moines, Iowa — An Afghan Refugee’s Journey from War to Belonging in America is an audiobook by Fazal Moneer Adil: a 6.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Patrick Kelly Shannon, released November 15, 2025, on the Memoirs and History & Culture shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Patrick Kelly Shannon
- Released
- November 15, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, History & Culture
- ISBN
- 9798993234458
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A River Is Made: From South Waziristan to Kabul, Dubai, and Des Moines, Iowa — An Afghan Refugee’s Journey from War to Belonging in America as an audiobook?
A River Is Made: From South Waziristan to Kabul, Dubai, and Des Moines, Iowa — An Afghan Refugee’s Journey from War to Belonging in America runs 6.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.
Is A River Is Made: From South Waziristan to Kabul, Dubai, and Des Moines, Iowa — An Afghan Refugee’s Journey from War to Belonging in America free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates A River Is Made: From South Waziristan to Kabul, Dubai, and Des Moines, Iowa — An Afghan Refugee’s Journey from War to Belonging in America?
A River Is Made: From South Waziristan to Kabul, Dubai, and Des Moines, Iowa — An Afghan Refugee’s Journey from War to Belonging in America is narrated by Patrick Kelly Shannon.