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Blackbird: A Mother’s Reflections on Grief, Loss, and Life After Suicide by Betsy Thibaut Stephenson

Blackbird: A Mother’s Reflections on Grief, Loss, and Life After Suicide: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Blackbird: A Mother’s Reflections on Grief, Loss, and Life After Suicide audiobook runs 5.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Julia Hamra (about 3.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.2listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Blackbird: A Mother’s Reflections on Grief, Loss, and Life After Suicide at common listening paces
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30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5.2 hours, it is shorter than 83% of the 10,266 Memoirs 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

Blackbird: A Mother’s Reflections on Grief, Loss, and Life After Suicide is an audiobook by Betsy Thibaut Stephenson: a 5.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Julia Hamra, released April 8, 2025, on the Memoirs shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.2 hrs
Narrated by
Julia Hamra
Released
April 8, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs
ISBN
9781964721316

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Blackbird: A Mother’s Reflections on Grief, Loss, and Life After Suicide audiobook?

Blackbird: A Mother’s Reflections on Grief, Loss, and Life After Suicide runs 5.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.4 hours.

Is the Blackbird: A Mother’s Reflections on Grief, Loss, and Life After Suicide audiobook free?

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Who narrates Blackbird: A Mother’s Reflections on Grief, Loss, and Life After Suicide?

Blackbird: A Mother’s Reflections on Grief, Loss, and Life After Suicide is narrated by Julia Hamra.