The Life You Left Behind - A breathtaking story of love, loss and happiness from Sunday Times bestseller Debbie Howells: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Life You Left Behind - A breathtaking story of love, loss and happiness from Sunday Times bestseller Debbie Howells runs 11.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Penelope Rawlins (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.6 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Penelope Rawlins
Penelope Rawlins narrates 228 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,962 hours in all.
About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf
3,282 Contemporary Women 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 Life You Left Behind - A breathtaking story of love, loss and happiness from Sunday Times bestseller Debbie Howells is an audiobook by Debbie Howells: a 11.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Penelope Rawlins, released March 3, 2026, on the Contemporary Women and Relationships & Intimacy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Penelope Rawlins
- Released
- March 3, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Relationships & Intimacy
- ISBN
- 9781802809954
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Life You Left Behind - A breathtaking story of love, loss and happiness from Sunday Times bestseller Debbie Howells as an audiobook?
The Life You Left Behind - A breathtaking story of love, loss and happiness from Sunday Times bestseller Debbie Howells runs 11.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is The Life You Left Behind - A breathtaking story of love, loss and happiness from Sunday Times bestseller Debbie Howells free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Life You Left Behind - A breathtaking story of love, loss and happiness from Sunday Times bestseller Debbie Howells?
The Life You Left Behind - A breathtaking story of love, loss and happiness from Sunday Times bestseller Debbie Howells is narrated by Penelope Rawlins.
Is The Life You Left Behind - A breathtaking story of love, loss and happiness from Sunday Times bestseller Debbie Howells worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.9 hours.