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Far from Home: A true story of death, loss and a mother’s courage by Rosie Ayliffe

Far from Home: A true story of death, loss and a mother’s courage: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Far from Home: A true story of death, loss and a mother’s courage audiobook runs 8.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Anna Skellern (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.4listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Far from Home: A true story of death, loss and a mother’s courage at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.4 hours, it runs longer than 59% 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

Far from Home: A true story of death, loss and a mother’s courage is an audiobook by Rosie Ayliffe: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Anna Skellern, released March 30, 2021, on the Memoirs shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.4 hrs
Narrated by
Anna Skellern
Released
March 30, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs
ISBN
9781760895709

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Far from Home: A true story of death, loss and a mother’s courage audiobook?

Far from Home: A true story of death, loss and a mother’s courage runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.

Is the Far from Home: A true story of death, loss and a mother’s courage audiobook free?

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Who narrates Far from Home: A true story of death, loss and a mother’s courage?

Far from Home: A true story of death, loss and a mother’s courage is narrated by Anna Skellern.