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The Girl I Was Before by Izzy Bayliss

The Girl I Was Before: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Lily McDermott series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Girl I Was Before runs 7.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Aoife Mcmahon (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.7listening hrs
Rom-Comstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Girl I Was Before at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 7.7 hours, it is shorter than 66% of the 7,183 Rom-Com audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Lily McDermott

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 13.6 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Girl I Was Before7.7 hrs
2Baked with Love5.9 hrs

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 Girl I Was Before is book 1 of Izzy Bayliss's Lily McDermott series: a 7.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Aoife Mcmahon, released December 20, 2018, on the Rom-Com shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.7 hrs
Narrated by
Aoife Mcmahon
Released
December 20, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Rom-Com
Series
Lily McDermott #1
ISBN
9781528851022

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Girl I Was Before as an audiobook?

The Girl I Was Before runs 7.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.

Is The Girl I Was Before free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Girl I Was Before?

The Girl I Was Before is narrated by Aoife Mcmahon.