Mother Tongue: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Mother Tongue audiobook runs 7.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Lisa Flanagan (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 7.6 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Lisa Flanagan
Lisa Flanagan narrates 277 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,805 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,653 Social Science 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
Mother Tongue is an audiobook by Sara Novic: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Lisa Flanagan, released May 5, 2026, on the Social Science and Parenting shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lisa Flanagan
- Released
- May 5, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Parenting, Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9780593556139
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Mother Tongue audiobook?
Mother Tongue runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.
Is the Mother Tongue audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Mother Tongue?
Mother Tongue is narrated by Lisa Flanagan.