The Tender Years: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Prairie Legacy series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Tender Years runs 7.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Marguerite Gavin (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.4 hours, it is shorter than 81% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Prairie Legacy Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 20.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Tender Years | 7.4 hrs |
| 2 | A Searching Heart | 7 hrs |
| 3 | A Quiet Strength | 6.5 hrs |
More narrated by Marguerite Gavin
Marguerite Gavin narrates 420 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,914 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
1,135 Historical (Fiction) 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 Tender Years is book 1 of Janette Oke's Prairie Legacy series: a 7.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Marguerite Gavin, released January 1, 2007, on the Historical (Fiction) and Religious Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Marguerite Gavin
- Released
- January 1, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Religious Fiction
- Series
- The Prairie Legacy Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781481561211
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Tender Years as an audiobook?
The Tender Years runs 7.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.
Is The Tender Years free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Tender Years?
The Tender Years is narrated by Marguerite Gavin.