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Once I Was You by Maria Hinojosa

Once I Was You: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Once I Was You audiobook runs 12.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Maria Hinojosa (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.2listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Once I Was You at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 9,905 Social Science 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

Once I Was You is an audiobook by Maria Hinojosa: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Maria Hinojosa, released September 15, 2020, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Social Science shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.2 hrs
Narrated by
Maria Hinojosa
Released
September 15, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Social Science, Biography & Memoir
ISBN
9781797115689

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Once I Was You audiobook?

Once I Was You runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.

Is the Once I Was You audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Once I Was You?

Once I Was You is narrated by Maria Hinojosa.

Is Once I Was You worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.