So Close to Home: A True Story of an American Family’s Fight for Survival during World War II: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the So Close to Home: A True Story of an American Family’s Fight for Survival during World War II audiobook runs 7.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Elijah Alexander (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.7 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 |
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What our data says
- At 7.7 hours, it is shorter than 63% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Elijah Alexander
Elijah Alexander narrates 43 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 472 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
616 The Americas 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
So Close to Home: A True Story of an American Family’s Fight for Survival during World War II is an audiobook by Alison O’leary and Michael J. Tougias: a 7.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Elijah Alexander, released May 3, 2016, on the The Americas and Military (History) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Elijah Alexander
- Released
- May 3, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Military (History)
- ISBN
- 9781504714051
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How long is the So Close to Home: A True Story of an American Family’s Fight for Survival during World War II audiobook?
So Close to Home: A True Story of an American Family’s Fight for Survival during World War II runs 7.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.
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Who narrates So Close to Home: A True Story of an American Family’s Fight for Survival during World War II?
So Close to Home: A True Story of an American Family’s Fight for Survival during World War II is narrated by Elijah Alexander.