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The Hard Road Out: One Woman’s Escape From North Korea by Seh-Lynn Chai, Jihyun Park

The Hard Road Out: One Woman’s Escape From North Korea: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hard Road Out: One Woman’s Escape From North Korea runs 6.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rosa Escoda (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.9listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.9 hours of listening.

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2 hours / day4 days
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What our data says

  • At 6.9 hours, it is shorter than 64% of the 9,905 Social Science 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 Hard Road Out: One Woman’s Escape From North Korea is an audiobook by Seh-Lynn Chai and Jihyun Park: a 6.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Rosa Escoda, released May 26, 2022, on the Social Science and Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.9 hrs
Narrated by
Rosa Escoda
Released
May 26, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, How to Survive Anything
ISBN
9780008541439

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Hard Road Out: One Woman’s Escape From North Korea as an audiobook?

The Hard Road Out: One Woman’s Escape From North Korea runs 6.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.

Is The Hard Road Out: One Woman’s Escape From North Korea free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Hard Road Out: One Woman’s Escape From North Korea?

The Hard Road Out: One Woman’s Escape From North Korea is narrated by Rosa Escoda.