Waiting for Summer's Return: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Heart of the Prairie series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Waiting for Summer's Return audiobook runs 11.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Barbara Caruso (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.8 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 11.8 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 2,819 Religious Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Heart of the Prairie
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 33.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waiting for Summer's Return | 11.8 hrs |
| 2 | Where the Heart Leads | 12 hrs |
| 3 | A Promise for Spring | 9.9 hrs |
More narrated by Barbara Caruso
Barbara Caruso narrates 58 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 516 hours in all.
About as long, on the Religious Fiction shelf
497 Religious Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Waiting for Summer's Return is book 1 of Kim Vogel Sawyer's Heart of the Prairie series: a 11.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Barbara Caruso, released March 10, 2008, on the Religious Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Barbara Caruso
- Released
- March 10, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Religious Fiction
- Series
- Heart of the Prairie #1
- ISBN
- 9781440799495
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Waiting for Summer's Return audiobook?
Waiting for Summer's Return runs 11.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.
Is the Waiting for Summer's Return audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Waiting for Summer's Return?
Waiting for Summer's Return is narrated by Barbara Caruso.
Is Waiting for Summer's Return worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 3.9 hours.