About a Girl: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Tess Brookes series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the About a Girl audiobook runs 13.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Penelope Rawlins (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 13.4 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Tess Brookes Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 36.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | About a Girl | 13.4 hrs |
| 2 | What a Girl Wants | 12.4 hrs |
| 3 | A Girl’s Best Friend | 11.1 hrs |
More narrated by Penelope Rawlins
Penelope Rawlins narrates 228 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,962 hours in all.
About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf
1,419 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Where the Crawdads Sing: Reese's Book Club
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- Before We Were Yours
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
- The Husband's Secret
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
About a Girl is book 1 of Lindsey Kelk's Tess Brookes series: a 13.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Penelope Rawlins, released July 4, 2013, on the Rom-Com and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Penelope Rawlins
- Released
- July 4, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Rom-Com, Contemporary Women
- Series
- Tess Brookes Series #1
- ISBN
- 9780007520039
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the About a Girl audiobook?
About a Girl runs 13.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is the About a Girl audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates About a Girl?
About a Girl is narrated by Penelope Rawlins.
Is About a Girl worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.