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The Boy on the Beach: My Family's Escape from Syria and Our Hope for a New Home by Tima Kurdi

The Boy on the Beach: My Family's Escape from Syria and Our Hope for a New Home: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Boy on the Beach: My Family's Escape from Syria and Our Hope for a New Home runs 8.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Soneela Nankani (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.1listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Boy on the Beach: My Family's Escape from Syria and Our Hope for a New Home at common listening paces
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30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.1 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 10,266 Memoirs 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

The Boy on the Beach: My Family's Escape from Syria and Our Hope for a New Home is an audiobook by Tima Kurdi: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Soneela Nankani, released June 5, 2018, on the Memoirs and History & Culture shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.1 hrs
Narrated by
Soneela Nankani
Released
June 5, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, History & Culture
ISBN
9781982109325

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Boy on the Beach: My Family's Escape from Syria and Our Hope for a New Home as an audiobook?

The Boy on the Beach: My Family's Escape from Syria and Our Hope for a New Home runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.

Is The Boy on the Beach: My Family's Escape from Syria and Our Hope for a New Home free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Boy on the Beach: My Family's Escape from Syria and Our Hope for a New Home?

The Boy on the Beach: My Family's Escape from Syria and Our Hope for a New Home is narrated by Soneela Nankani.