The Boy from the Sea: the heart-wrenching story of an ordinary Irish coastal town and an extraordinary boy: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Boy from the Sea: the heart-wrenching story of an ordinary Irish coastal town and an extraordinary boy runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stanley Townsend (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Stanley Townsend
Stanley Townsend narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 42 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
3,085 Literary Fiction 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
The Boy from the Sea: the heart-wrenching story of an ordinary Irish coastal town and an extraordinary boy is an audiobook by Garrett Carr: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Stanley Townsend, released February 6, 2025, on the Literary Fiction and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stanley Townsend
- Released
- February 6, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Drama
- ISBN
- 9781035044566
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Boy from the Sea: the heart-wrenching story of an ordinary Irish coastal town and an extraordinary boy as an audiobook?
The Boy from the Sea: the heart-wrenching story of an ordinary Irish coastal town and an extraordinary boy runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is The Boy from the Sea: the heart-wrenching story of an ordinary Irish coastal town and an extraordinary boy free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Boy from the Sea: the heart-wrenching story of an ordinary Irish coastal town and an extraordinary boy?
The Boy from the Sea: the heart-wrenching story of an ordinary Irish coastal town and an extraordinary boy is narrated by Stanley Townsend.
Is The Boy from the Sea: the heart-wrenching story of an ordinary Irish coastal town and an extraordinary boy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.