Too Close To The Sun: the passionate and uplifting saga of an orphan’s struggle to forge a better life for herself: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Too Close To The Sun: the passionate and uplifting saga of an orphan’s struggle to forge a better life for herself audiobook runs 17.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Patience Tomlinson (about 11.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
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What our data says
- At 17.4 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Patience Tomlinson
Patience Tomlinson narrates 69 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 716 hours in all.
About as long, on the Drama shelf
360 Drama 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
Too Close To The Sun: the passionate and uplifting saga of an orphan’s struggle to forge a better life for herself is an audiobook by Jess Foley: a 17.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Patience Tomlinson, released December 23, 2010, on the Drama shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Patience Tomlinson
- Released
- December 23, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama
- ISBN
- 9781407072500
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Too Close To The Sun: the passionate and uplifting saga of an orphan’s struggle to forge a better life for herself audiobook?
Too Close To The Sun: the passionate and uplifting saga of an orphan’s struggle to forge a better life for herself runs 17.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.6 hours.
Is the Too Close To The Sun: the passionate and uplifting saga of an orphan’s struggle to forge a better life for herself audiobook free?
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Who narrates Too Close To The Sun: the passionate and uplifting saga of an orphan’s struggle to forge a better life for herself?
Too Close To The Sun: the passionate and uplifting saga of an orphan’s struggle to forge a better life for herself is narrated by Patience Tomlinson.
Is Too Close To The Sun: the passionate and uplifting saga of an orphan’s struggle to forge a better life for herself worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.6 hours, saving 5.8 hours.