The Hand that First Held Mine: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hand that First Held Mine runs 11.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Anne Flosnik (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Anne Flosnik
Anne Flosnik narrates 311 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,576 hours in all.
- Ship of Magic
- Ship of Destiny
- Kushiel's Dart
- Mad Ship
- The Sherbrooke Bride
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,760 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2024 recording read by Karen Cass runs 0.3 hours shorter (11.1 hours).
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 Hand that First Held Mine is an audiobook by Maggie O’Farrell: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Anne Flosnik, released April 12, 2010, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Anne Flosnik
- Released
- April 12, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781483071749
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Hand that First Held Mine as an audiobook?
The Hand that First Held Mine runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.
Is The Hand that First Held Mine free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Hand that First Held Mine?
The Hand that First Held Mine is narrated by Anne Flosnik.
Is The Hand that First Held Mine worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.