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Alena by Rachel Pastan

Alena: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Alena audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by Carla Mercer-Meyer (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12listening hrs
Psychologicalstore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12 hours of listening.

Days to finish Alena at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 12 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 6,732 Psychological audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Psychological shelf

1,361 Psychological 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

Alena is an audiobook by Rachel Pastan: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Carla Mercer-Meyer, released January 23, 2014, on the Psychological shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12 hrs
Narrated by
Carla Mercer-Meyer
Released
January 23, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Psychological
ISBN
9781452688381

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Alena audiobook?

Alena runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.

Is the Alena audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Alena?

Alena is narrated by Carla Mercer-Meyer.

Is Alena worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.