Mother Tongue: My Family's Globe-Trotting Quest to Dream in Mandarin, Laugh in Arabic, and Sing in Spanish: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Mother Tongue: My Family's Globe-Trotting Quest to Dream in Mandarin, Laugh in Arabic, and Sing in Spanish audiobook runs 7.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Angela Dawe (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.1 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Angela Dawe
Angela Dawe narrates 462 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,211 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
2,103 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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About this listen
Mother Tongue: My Family's Globe-Trotting Quest to Dream in Mandarin, Laugh in Arabic, and Sing in Spanish is an audiobook by Christine Gilbert: a 7.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Angela Dawe, released May 17, 2016, on the Memoirs and Essays & Anthologies shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Angela Dawe
- Released
- May 17, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9781501911873
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How long is the Mother Tongue: My Family's Globe-Trotting Quest to Dream in Mandarin, Laugh in Arabic, and Sing in Spanish audiobook?
Mother Tongue: My Family's Globe-Trotting Quest to Dream in Mandarin, Laugh in Arabic, and Sing in Spanish runs 7.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.
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Who narrates Mother Tongue: My Family's Globe-Trotting Quest to Dream in Mandarin, Laugh in Arabic, and Sing in Spanish?
Mother Tongue: My Family's Globe-Trotting Quest to Dream in Mandarin, Laugh in Arabic, and Sing in Spanish is narrated by Angela Dawe.