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That Kind of Mother by Rumaan Alam

That Kind of Mother: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the That Kind of Mother audiobook runs 9.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Vanessa Johansson (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

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2 hours / day5 days
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What our data says

  • At 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,985 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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About this listen

That Kind of Mother is an audiobook by Rumaan Alam: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Vanessa Johansson, released May 8, 2018, on the Literary Fiction and Contemporary Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.5 hrs
Narrated by
Vanessa Johansson
Released
May 8, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Drama
ISBN
9780062847720

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the That Kind of Mother audiobook?

That Kind of Mother runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.

Is the That Kind of Mother audiobook free?

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Who narrates That Kind of Mother?

That Kind of Mother is narrated by Vanessa Johansson.