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Mother Tongue by Demetria Martinez

Mother Tongue: Audiobook

by Demetria Martinez · narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan · unabridged · 2016

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Mother Tongue audiobook runs 3.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan (about 2.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3.7listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2016released
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The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 3.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Mother Tongue at common listening paces
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30 min / day8 days
1 hour / day4 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days
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What our data says

  • At 3.7 hours, it is shorter than 90% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan

Alyssa Bresnahan narrates 215 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,433 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

364 Literary Fiction 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 Demetria Martinez: a 3.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Alyssa Bresnahan, released April 8, 2016, on the Psychological and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
3.7 hrs
Narrated by
Alyssa Bresnahan
Released
April 8, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Psychological, Drama, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781436146685

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Mother Tongue audiobook?

Mother Tongue runs 3.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.5 hours.

Is the Mother Tongue audiobook free?

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Who narrates Mother Tongue?

Mother Tongue is narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan.