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Now and Then Friends by Kate Hewitt

Now and Then Friends: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Hartley-By-The-Sea series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Now and Then Friends audiobook runs 13.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Jennifer Scapetis-Tycer (about 9.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.8listening hrs
Dramastore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Now and Then Friends at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 13.8 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Hartley-By-The-Sea

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 11.5 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 38.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Rainy Day Sisters11.5 hrs
2Now and Then Friends13.8 hrs
3A Mother Like Mine13.6 hrs

About as long, on the Drama shelf

1,233 Drama 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

Now and Then Friends is book 2 of Kate Hewitt's Hartley-By-The-Sea series: a 13.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Jennifer Scapetis-Tycer, released July 12, 2016, on the Drama shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.8 hrs
Narrated by
Jennifer Scapetis-Tycer
Released
July 12, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Drama
Series
Hartley-By-The-Sea #2
ISBN
9781494589837

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Now and Then Friends audiobook?

Now and Then Friends runs 13.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.2 hours.

Is the Now and Then Friends audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Now and Then Friends?

Now and Then Friends is narrated by Jennifer Scapetis-Tycer.

Is Now and Then Friends worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.2 hours, saving 4.6 hours.