The Summer Girls: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Lowcountry Summer series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Summer Girls runs 11.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mary Alice Monroe (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.7 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 |
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 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Lowcountry Summer Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 35.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Summer Girls | 11.7 hrs |
| 2 | The Summer Wind | 11.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Summer’s End | 12.2 hrs |
More narrated by Mary Alice Monroe
Mary Alice Monroe narrates 16 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 165 hours in all.
About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf
3,174 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 Summer Girls is book 1 of Mary Alice Monroe's Lowcountry Summer series: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Mary Alice Monroe, released June 25, 2013, on the Contemporary Women and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mary Alice Monroe
- Released
- June 25, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Drama
- Series
- The Lowcountry Summer Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781620645369
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Summer Girls as an audiobook?
The Summer Girls runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is The Summer Girls free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Summer Girls?
The Summer Girls is narrated by Mary Alice Monroe.
Is The Summer Girls worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.