The Day My Mother Left: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Day My Mother Left runs 4.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joel Johnstone (about 3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 4.5 hours, it is shorter than 84% of the 4,472 Tough Topics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Joel Johnstone
Joel Johnstone narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 29 hours in all.
- Thirteen Reasons Why
- The Wednesday Wars
- Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
- The Cloud Chamber
About as long, on the Tough Topics shelf
213 Tough Topics 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 Day My Mother Left is an audiobook by James Prosek: a 4.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Joel Johnstone, released March 13, 2007, on the Tough Topics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joel Johnstone
- Released
- March 13, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Tough Topics
- ISBN
- 9780739355589
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Day My Mother Left as an audiobook?
The Day My Mother Left runs 4.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3 hours.
Is The Day My Mother Left free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Day My Mother Left?
The Day My Mother Left is narrated by Joel Johnstone.