The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade runs 12.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Coleen Marlo (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Coleen Marlo
Coleen Marlo narrates 462 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,740 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
752 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade is an audiobook by Ann Fessler: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Coleen Marlo, released March 8, 2016, on the The Americas shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Coleen Marlo
- Released
- March 8, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781494589493
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade as an audiobook?
The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade?
The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade is narrated by Coleen Marlo.
Is The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.