Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search audiobook runs 15.6 hours unabridged, narrated by John Curless (about 10.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.6 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 3,859 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Curless
John Curless narrates 35 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 476 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
364 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search is an audiobook by Martin Sixsmith: a 15.6-hour unabridged recording, read by John Curless, released November 1, 2013, on the The Americas and World shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Curless
- Released
- November 1, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, World
- ISBN
- 9781470392253
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search audiobook?
Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search runs 15.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.4 hours.
Is the Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search?
Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search is narrated by John Curless.
Is Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.4 hours, saving 5.2 hours.