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Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace by Ayelet Waldman

Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace audiobook runs 6.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Mia Barron (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.9listening hrs
Parentingstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.9 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 6.9 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 2,498 Parenting 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

Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace is an audiobook by Ayelet Waldman: a 6.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Mia Barron, released June 12, 2009, on the Parenting shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.9 hrs
Narrated by
Mia Barron
Released
June 12, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Parenting
ISBN
9781440756344

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace audiobook?

Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace runs 6.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.

Is the Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace audiobook free?

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Who narrates Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace?

Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace is narrated by Mia Barron.